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Quotation from The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
“Far from being denial of the will, suicide is a phenomenon of strong assertion of will”
The World as Will and Representation, Fourth Book, §69, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886)
Schopenhauer's distinctive argument that the suicide still wills life and rejects only its conditions.
Citation: "Far from being denial of the will, suicide is a phenomenon of strong assertion of will" — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Fourth Book, §69, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886). (id the-world-as-will-and-representation-q12)
Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.
