The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1, by Arthur Schopenhauer.
It is still a very original book, and will strongly influence your thoughts on basically everything: love, music, literature, architecture, science, religion.
Volume 1 is also amazingly accessible, and often very funny. If you don't like dry philosophy books which must invent their own language systems, but still fail to bring their basic points across, you will be in good company - because Schopenhauer hates them. He frequently reminds the reader that if someone has truly and fully understood something, he can explain it in simple sentences. And Schopenhauer delivers.
It is still a very original book, and will strongly influence your thoughts on basically everything: love, music, literature, architecture, science, religion.
Volume 1 is also amazingly accessible, and often very funny. If you don't like dry philosophy books which must invent their own language systems, but still fail to bring their basic points across, you will be in good company - because Schopenhauer hates them. He frequently reminds the reader that if someone has truly and fully understood something, he can explain it in simple sentences. And Schopenhauer delivers.
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