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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. This quotation from Arthur Schopenhauer is a remarkable articulation of the idea that happiness can be found within oneself rather than as a result of some external event. Schopenhauer was a very influential German philosopher who was among the first to analyze human consciousness, and he made several contributions to the field of psychology. In this quote, he explains that happiness is something that can be achieved by doing things that don’t involve getting a bunch of stuff.
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