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"In fact, the balance wheel which maintains in motion the watch of metaphysics that never runs down, is the clear knowledge that this world's non-existence is just as possible as its existence.―from_The World as Will and Representation_. Translated from the German by E. F. J. Payne. In Two Volumes, Volume II, p. 171"

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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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