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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings... read more
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Just as a stream flows smoothly on as long as it encounters no obstruction, so the nature of man and animal is such that we never really notice or become conscious of what is agreeable to our will; if we are to notice something, our will has to have been thwarted, has to have experienced a shock of some kind.
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This is book 14 of 100 in Penguin Great Ideas. (publisher series)
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- Arthur Schopenhauer (Author)
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- Dewey: 128
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- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Modern
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