Distanced HWBL 02 024

2022-05-27T00:00:00Z

Distanced "History shows us mankind as a view from a high mountain shows us nature; we see much at a time, wide stretches, great masses, but nothing is distinct nor recognisable in all the details of its own peculiar nature" (p. 319). Schopenhauer, Arthur. The World as Will and Idea. 1818. R.B. Haldane and J. Kemp (trans.), Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1909. https://archive.org/details/worldaswillidea01schoiala/page/n7/mode/2up