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Read & copy the quotation
“What a man is and has in himself,—in a word personality, with all it entails, is the only immediate and direct factor in his happiness and welfare.”
- Source
- The Wisdom of Life
- Date
- 1851
- English wording
- T. Bailey Saunders — Translator · from German
Meaning of “What a man is and has in himself,—in…”
Personality is presented as the nearest and most continuous condition of well-being, because possessions and reputation affect life only through the person who experiences them.
Where does it come from?
The Wisdom of Life; Schopenhauer argues that personality has a more direct relation to happiness than property, rank, or external opinion.
