Arthur schopenhauer

Eloquence, pessimism, plus a bad mood... These are the hallmarks of Arthur Schopenhauer, an outstanding German philosopher, misanthrope, inveterate bachelor, and one of the most famous thinkers of irrationalism.

Irrationalism, 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement that claimed to enrich the apprehension of human life by expanding it beyond the rational to its fuller dimensions. Rooted either in metaphysics or in an awareness of the uniqueness of human experience, irrationalism stressed the

German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788—1860) was a denial-free thinker who wisely recognised that an important idea or truth must ‘endure a hostile reception before it is accepted’ when he said ‘…First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.’

ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860).

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On a wintry afternoon, alone with the kids, I visited the Central Park Zoo. It’s not a very big place, just zoo-sized, and after seeing the animals, we found ourselves lining up to enter the little movie theater to watch something called The Polar Express 4-D Experience.