The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims — Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
Distinguish inner resources, possessions and other people’s opinions.
Explore ten illustrated ideas, French and English narration and a quiz. HEKIMA provides original reformulations rather than the full book.
The first and most essential condition for happiness in life is what we are: our personality.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Chapter I · Translation by J.-A. Cantacuzène, 1880; fragment
HEKIMA translation from French
Original wording
la condition première et la plus essentielle pour le bonheur de la vie, c’est ce que nous sommes, c’est notre personnalité