The Wisdom of Life- Artur Schopenhauer- Book Summary and Key Insights
What is the book about? This books is a compendium of concepts and strategies to live a happy and successful life. The author has put forward many concepts in a unique way. His thoughts on reputation and honour are novel and refreshing. He opines that the reputation, honour and reputation are over rated, it is not worth dying for, because it is nothing more than the opinion of others about it. He has extensively described how worrying about other people’s opinions is the main cause of many of the troubles in life. And how one can face criticism, and humiliation without losing one’ peace of mind. The author points out how our happiness is determined by our inner self than the outer influences. Also, a man is not affected by the event but his judgment of it. It is a great mistake to sacrifice our health in the pursuit of other pleasures. We don’t generally realize this truth until we are faced with the ill health ourselves. Schopenhauer has touched upon a very importa
