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"Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them."

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About Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher known for his influential work on pessimism, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. His major work The World as Will and Representation shaped later thinkers in philosophy, psychology, and literature. He remains a key figure in 19th-century European intellectual history.

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