All the cruelty and torment of which the world is full is in fact mere…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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All the cruelty and torment of which the world is full is in fact merely the necessary result of the totality of the forms under which the will to live is objectified. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2004). On the Suffering of the World, p.35, Penguin UK
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All the cruelty and torment of which the world is full is in fact merely the necessary result of the totality of the forms under which the will to live is objectified. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2004). On the Suffering of the World, p.35, Penguin UK

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