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Fantastic, relavent, engrossing.

Important and balanced information and first-hand accounts.

Henry Hampton and Steve Fayer have collected a small sampling of civil rights oral history that has yet to be duplicated in a modern book on the era. They have included all of the key figures involved in the movement, Dr. King and Malcolm X, along with Stokely Carmichael, John Lewis and Andrew Young. What they have also done is give readers the non-famous persons perspective on the various events surrounding the movement. This has been invaluable to me in my research and a truly enjoyable read. It should be a must read for everyone!

VOICES OF FREEDOM: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FROM THE 1950S THROUGH THE 1980s shows readers the steps that were taken to achieve equal rights for African Americans and all American citizens. All of the important actors, activists, politicians, and average individuals who attempted and succeeded to change a society that had been blinded for hundreds years, are mentioned and heard who helped many American citizens to gain the respect they rightfully deserved as citizens and human beings of the United States of America, and not ambiguous written clauses of the US Constitution referring to property.

Henry Hampton and Steven Fayer along with Sarah Flynn compile a host of significant people of the civil rights era of the 1950s to 1980s. With their testimonials and eyewitness accounts they share their collective memories of the past to clarify misconceptions and misinterpretations that involved the activism that existed to spearhead the civil rights movement. They also revealed the disjointedness and lack of effort to keep the momentum going and the bureaucratic ramblings hat slowed and deadlocked the movement during the late 1960s. Key figures and activists are mentioned, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and his many cohorts who led the way toward a peaceful and non-violent movement as did the Black Panthers who were portrayed as militants, and who's history has been misconstrued with controversy. Indeed, both movements shared a common goal, which was to achieve freedom and equality.

The book begins with one of the major incidents that jump started the civil rights movement in the 1950s, the Emmett Till incidence in 1955. Other monumental events proceed, such as the discussion and explanation of Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56, the Little Rock Crisis, the March on Washington in 1963 and a list of other significant events. The book ends with issue of Affirmative Action that occurred in Atlanta from 1973-1980. Thoughts come to mind while reading about these events -- some things change, and some things never stop being an issue.

The Civil Rights Movement has not gone away. Every decade in American history has had a movement led by average citizens who wanted to make a change. But books such as VOICES OF FREEDOM helps readers identify the movers and shakers of American society who helped bring the truth of freedom and democracy, which are embedded in the Declaration of Independence as well as the Constitution of the United States, as a reality. Possibly now may be a good time to revisit these voices of freedom.

Starting with the murder of Emmett Till and ending with the political activism in the 80s, this book gives a moving overview of the civil rights movement. Each of the 31 chapters first gives a short summary of the events and then redraws the situation with eye-witness accounts. Many activists like Coretta Scott King, Harry Belafonte and members of the Black Panther Party, to name a few, give intriguing details. This moving book is easy to read and especially recommended for young people who need first hand information about the movement. Really recommended!

Marvelous. Very twisted, slowly captures you in a world that reminds you of those insidious thoughts that you had trapped in a bad history class...and the plot only comes into view in the corner of your eye, but when you try to focus on it...

The case can be made for this amazing(1) book with three little words: Huzzah for WILSON! Imagine you have been commissioned by the Misanthropological Society of Mars in the year 2006(2) to dissertate about life on the bugbog(3) planet, but find that all life and vestige of civilization have been wiped out by something or another, and that all that remains are some pages of an annoying book called "Misanthropology" (op. cit.). Get the idea? WILSON is not about that at all, but it is an amazingly amusing book; witty, philosophical, likened unto Nabokov's "Pale Fire" (q.v.) because of the footnotes, or unto Mendoza's "Sin Noticias de Gurb" (q.v.) which has no footnotes, but is in Spanish.(4)

(1) Or amusing, as the case may be.(a)
(2) A Martian day is 40 minutes longer than an earth day, and we can presume(b) that earth and Mars have a common 1 A.D. origin. With this info, can you calculate the length of a Martian year?(c)
(3) The planet earth is so described in "Misanthropology: A Florilegium of Bahumbuggery" (q.v.), wherein is posed an unnerving riddle-me-ree, to wit: What do you get if you cross a buzzbug with a diet colt?(d)
(4) Ja ja

(a) Or maybe not
(b) An unwarranted presumption? Who cares? (Dr. Livingstone, I presume)
(c) Based on the information given: no way, Jose[1]
(d) Answer: Buzz Liteyear, or a bugling. (Don't get it? Derive the middle term)[2]

[1] Ha ha. To research Martian years, try Google.
[2] Don't read further unless you give up on the middle term, which follows: A diet colt is a lite yearling. (N'est-ce pas? Now go back and get it.)

* In some versions, AND GENTLELADIES! (too wordy). Trout suggests GENTLEPEOPLE! (doesn't resonate). I say, let it STET.

The writing of David Mamet can be simple, much like a open jaw- steel bear trap lying exposed, at your feet. Or this open jaw- steel bear trap can really be a ravenous black hole in the center of your literary universe, a hungry black hole waiting to devour you, if you are dumb enough to go spelunking into it's center, the vortex. While reading "Wilson" ask yourself the following questions:
1)Is this a book or is it a con?
2)Is "Wilson" a series of unpublished chapters from previous works by the author?
3)Or, is "Wilson" really a surrealistic landscape onto itself much like "The Interzone" of William S.Burroughs?
Do not read "Wilson" in chronological order!
Very rarely does an author such as David Mamet compose a snub- nose revolver like "Wilson" in which the printed words within begin to tell us everything about the author's style, but always end by telling us almost nothing about the writer's style. Good!
David Mamet has informed and confounded us again.

If you locked Vladimir Nabokov's "Pale Fire" and Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves" in a dark room together, the resulting love child might resemble David Mamet's "Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources." This quirky, twisted "novel" takes a look at literature, pop culture, and... oh, come on, no one can tell.

Imagine a future where the literary history of the world has been put on the computer, and then the entire Internet has crashed. Culture and history as we know it have vanished. So now only a few fragments remain, and must be pieced back together with painstaking (and sometimes insane) skill. Not to mention a lot of (pitiful) academic bickering.

The result is an intricate study of the Bootsie Club, the haunted stories of Binky Beaumont, the mysterious death of Woodrow Wilson's wife, Lola Montez, soap, the Cola Riots, analyzation of the peculiar diary entries ("Dear Diary, I am surprised that I am surprised anymore"), fragments of novels, and interestingly weird poetry.

It's almost impossible to fully describe "Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources," especially since it is only a novel in the sense that everything in it is fictional. Don't expect a linear storyline, or a story in one chunk. That's too normal, too ordinary, and too little fun. So Pulitzer-winning playwright/screenwriter/novelist Mamet takes a different route.

It has no beginning. It has no real end. It can be read backwards, forwards, or from the middle outward. It's constantly self-referencing. It's a giant mass of snippets, anecdotes, and analyses. And while at first it seems like a dense, nonsensical mass of fictional bits, eventually the brain adjusts to it.

Mamet spoofs the pompous tone that academics use -- there are studies of nursery rhymes in here! The smallest and most ridiculous bits of literature and history are studied, such as the Joke Code, a philosophical look at humor. In a possible homage to Nabokov, he also peppers the whole thing with footnotes.

Every time the text seems to be getting too serious, Mamet throws in a footnote that proclaims "Why? Because it makes a pretty picture" or proclaiming, "Yah yah yah yah. I'm rubber and you're glue." And don't forget his poetry: "The ponderous burdens of the few/to license, nay, inaugurate the new/peregrinations of the Wandering Jew..."

Postmodernist comedy is at the heart of Mamet's twisted meta-history. "Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources" is hard to get into, but becomes weirdly funny when you "get it."

Shapiro's spiritual experience resulted in her production of a journal transcribing the thoughts that were reaching her from beyond. Wisdom's Choice contains the messages which she received in a 40 day period, providing a series of spiritual messages average readers will easily absorb.

I was sent this book by a friend. I had some time so I opened it up and started reading. I read one page and starting crying. It was so powerful, so perfect, so much where I was at the time. I couldn't put it down, yet I wanted to savor it and not finish. I know now I will go back to it many times. It is one of the simplest yet most profound books I've ever read. Before I finished it I could think of 20 people I wanted to buy it for and send it to.
This book will change lives, buy it and have it change yours.

As a skeptic, I was hesitant to open Shapiro's book. But the words spoke to me and touched my heart in a way that I cannot express. Simple, elegent encouragement for this journey we call life! It's totally practical advice, too. Nothing out of the ordinary from this 'spiritual healer'. Thank you!

Since purchasing WISDOM'S CHOICE, I have had the opportunity to read it and read it again. Each time I was challenged to stop and think not only about Kathryn's words but how they might apply to my own life and spiritual world view. Since I am someone who is quite spiritual I did not have much trouble accepting her thoughts or even the fact that she believes they came to her from a higher power. What I enjoyed most was the breaking down of simple words such as disease (dis ease) and nothing (no thing)and the pages that are filled with food for thought. The book does not preach but rather suggests that you take your own interpretation on what you read. Gently written yet seems to pack a soulful spiritual punch. Size and style make for a nice gift book. If you enjoy thinking about what you have read then this is a must have book. Go a little deeper with WISDOM'S CHOICE!

Even though this book is geared towards children, it was a great resource when I was student teaching in a sixth grade language arts class. You won't be sorry if you buy this one!

This book is very helpful. It is full of useful info that we all need to know. It tell you how to write letters, biblographys, title pages and many others. This book is a must.

I have used this book for 9 months and it provides a comprehensive guide to any form of writing. As an adult I have used this book as a source to help prepare materials for colleagues who are undertaking training in wrting skills. Highly recommended.

This is a great book for when I do projects and research papers. It has grammar and bibliographic information which helps me to do correct term papers. I am 12 years old which makes it easier for me to find things. The best thing about this book is that you don't have to hassle to find a piece of writing information when it is all in one book.

Service was prompt & efficient. However, the book was in pretty rough condition - so it was a bit of a disappointment.

I first used this book in high school and now that I am a teacher, I still have my book and am now introducing it to my students. It is a great book to access information on writing, thinking and understanding subject matter in general. It is so easy to understand and and reference from. Anything from writing resumes to plantet info.

My english teacher had a set of these books in her room, and we all loved them so much some of us bought our own copies! They are useful in all subjects because not only does it have grammer and spelling help, but it has a periodic table, maps and other great resources. The best part is that it is written with a teen in mind and is easy to use with a good sense of humour! A great book!

As an English teacher, this is the best resource guide for young people in high school and college. I recommend this resource for anyone who must write a variety of compositions. It includes both APA and MLA styles as well as other helpful information.

If you have (or think you have) ancestors who arrived in Virginia before 1624, this book is a "must-have". The research is impeccable, the footnotes are fascinating, and the indices list every ancestor. This three-volume series is an essential aid to any genealogist who is tracking down early Virginia ancestors. Because of a family Ahnentafel chart, I knew the names and relationships of the people I was looking for, but did not know any of their places or dates. Thanks to the indices at the back of each volume of this wonderful set of books, I now have all the dates and places back to 1610.

It's all there! The 1624/25 Muster, explanatory notes, and family listings (A-F only, though -- I'm eagerly awaiting the next volumes for the rest of the alphabet). This new edition is great to look at, and to hold. I especially liked the endpaper maps of the Jamestown settlements, the 1607 ones in the front and the later ones (1624?) in the back. Well worth the purchase price!

Families
Far too large to be published in a single volume, the new fourth edition is to be published in three volumes (see Volume Two for families G-P). This first volume covers founding families alphabetically from A-F, and includes the following:
Andrews, Bagwell, Baley-Cocke, Barkham-Jenings, Barne, Bates, Bayly, Beheathland, Bennett (Edward), Bennett (Samuel), Bennett-Chapman, Bernard, Bibby, Bickley, Bland, Boyce, Boyle-Mountney, Branch, Buck, Burwell, Bush, Calthorpe, Calvert, Carsley, Carter, Chaplaine, Chew, Chisman, Claiborne, Clay, Clements, Cobb, Codrington, Cole, Cope, Cox, Crew, Croshaw, Crump, Curtis, Davis, Dawson, Delk, Digges, Edloe, Epes, Evelyn, Farrar, Fisher, Fleet, Flood, Freeman.

This is Volume One of the fourth edition of the most celebrated compendium of family histories in the entire field of Virginia genealogy. Prepared under the auspices of the Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5 in anticipation of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, and edited by the foremost authority on Virginia genealogy, John Frederick Dorman, this new edition extends the lines of descent of the founding families of Virginia from four generations to six, bringing most families down to the Revolutionary or early Federal periods.

The purpose of the book is to establish descents--through the sixth generation--of the approximately 150 individuals who can be identified as (1) Adventurers of Purse (i.e. stockholders in the Virginia Company of London) who either came to Virginia in the period 1607-1625 and had descendants or who did not come to Virginia within that period but whose grandchildren were residents there; or (2) Adventurers of Person, 1607-1625 (i.e. immigrants to Virginia) who left descendants. With roots deeply embedded in the social fabric of the United States, descendants of these original settlers today number in the hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, and like descendants of the Mayflower passengers, they claim an ancestry that is unique in American history.

The foundation for this work is the famous "Muster" of January-February 1624/25-- essentially a census taken by the Royal Commission which succeeded the Virginia Company to determine the extent and composition of the Jamestown settlements. In the Muster (which is reproduced in entirety here in Volume One), the name of each colonist appears with the location of his home and the number in his family, together with information about his stock of food, his supply of arms and ammunition, his boats, houses, and livestock. In all, about 1,200 persons are named in the Muster, of whom approximately 150 are shown here to have left descendants to the sixth generation. Most scholars agree that the total population of Jamestown between 1607 and 1625 was about 7,000, so by 1624/5 only about one-seventh of the colonists had survived the punishing conditions of the Virginia wilderness.

In addition to the Muster, this work builds on the investigations of dozens of scholars, correcting, revising, and supplementing the best genealogical scholarship of the past half century. New discoveries, newly available information, and a further reevaluation of evidence concerning previously accepted relationships have led, in some instances, to wholesale changes in the accepted genealogies. In consequence, this fourth edition brings together the results of all the most recent scholarship on these families, expanding the limits of what is presently known and opening up possibilities for research beyond the sixth generation.

Interesting reading considering how Zinoviev's views changed after the fall of the Soviet Union. He fought to keep Lenin's body on display, and had huge critisim of the new russian system/economy. He also said he was never an anti-communist.

There is no book better than this to examine the social system under which hundreds of millions of people lived, largely wasted, and ended their lives. In contrast to, say, "Cursed Days" by Bunin, the author lived out his life in the mire of Absurdistan, and can explain the WHOLE period even better than Solzhenitzyn. An era, the most tragic in human history, when one could choose to either be beaten to death or bored to death. A must for any intellectual contemplating the future.

This is the famous lampooning of how life was in the Soviet Union, with veiled and caricatured personae of Stalin, Khrushchev, Solzhenitsyn, Pasternak and many more from the time period. One of the Soviet Union's leading philosophers, Alexander Zinoviev was, upon Brezhnev's personal orders, stripped of all degrees and honors, dismissed from his appointments, expelled from the Communist Party and deprived of citizenship for writing this book. This novel has been described as the one of the bitterest satirical attacks on the Soviet system to appear in Russian (and most probably in English as well). The book can be read on a number of different levels. Comparable to Swift, Kafka, Rabelais and Orwell. And quite readable, despite its length. Go for it.

We used this textbook with the accompanying teacher's guide and student activity book for a home school high school American Government class this past school year. This text was easy to understand, dealt with the most essential information, was very interesting and held the interest of the students. None of them ever complained the text was boring or unpleasant. The activities book provided good ideas for additional expanded projects and research. I think all the kid's had great fun and I sure learned an incredible amount teaching this class and using this resource.

As a student, I really enjoyed how this book is very detailed, yet to the point, and also the lightness and small size of it. I learned a lot from it, and didn't have a boring time at it either.

If there are any teachers out there that are going to be teaching American Goverment - Get this book!! Your students will love you for it!

American Government: A Complete Coursebook is a great resource book. I know, as a student, that you can find a lot of topics in this book that aren't even touched upon in any ordinary textbook. This is a wonderful resource, especially for Economic, Legal, and Political Systems (ELPS) students, and U.S. History students. From the definition of "bill", to 105+ Supreme Court cases, this book has found almost all of the information I have needed. Maybe, it will work for you or your student too.

I received the Annals of America when I purchased a set encyclopaedias from Brittanica in the late 60s or early 70s. I read and enjoyed many of the writings. A couple I remember are: of one of the Mathers, maybe Cotton, writing on the activities in Salem, Mass which later became known as the "Salem Witch Trials"; a speech delivered from the U.S. Senate floor in the 50s which spoke to the McCarthy proceedings. I inadvertently let my set get away and later saw them on the dirt floor of one of my kin's storage buildings. I was shocked, but never said a thing and believe they were later discarded. I regret not retrieving them, regardless of their condition at that time, and hope to get another set.

This 20 volume set is indispensible to me as a history teacher. I have lost volumes 2 and 4 and am looking to replace them. The set is the most complete compilation of primary source documents for the study of American History that I have found. It is especially useful if you want to formulate your own opinions about our history instead of relying on someone else's interpretation.

I have just purchased this set of books, vol. 1-20. They are bound very well and are a joy to hold. The articles I have read so far are very interesting and include George Washington's summary of Braddock's defeat-300 indians and French defeated 1300 British regulars. Articles on the stamp act written by one of the royal governors. I look forward to many happy hours with these volumes.

I have spent the last several years becoming quite acquainted with Arthur Schopenhauer. I can say, without hyperbole, that it has been an experience unlike any other. Unlike Kant, Hegel, and Wittgenstein, Schopenhauer's prose is consistently beautiful, and his literary style is essential in conveying truths about the world and ourselves that can be quite unpalatable. Schopenhauer's view of the world is bleak, and I agree with his assessment. He speaks of the blind drives and cruelty that motivate our species years before Nietzsche; and unlike Nietzsche he certainly did not embrace that cruelty.

This new translation offers, on the whole, a more readable text than the Payne edition. Although I prefer some of Payne's versions of certain passages, he can also tend towards offering brittle translations. In addition, this new translation offers copious notes, an excellent introduction, and helpful chapter subtitles (which were not included in the original volume). At this point, this transaltion is the definitive one.

As a metaphysician, Schopenhauer reveals many insights and a few weaknesses. Schopenhauer appropriated several facets of Kant's system of transcendental idealism, but whereas Kant believed that all things possessed the attribute of "things-in-themselves", Schopenhauer asserts that all things are comprised in essence as "Will". It is essential to grasp that Schopenhauer defines "Will" as blind desire, NOT as a conscious universal mind (i.e., God). Schopenhauer's philosophy is thoroughly atheistic, although many of his philosophical insights slot neatly with Buddhism and Hinduism - and just as easily with Darwinism.

While Schopenhauer's metaphysical system of blind will as the noumenal thing-in-itself is quite iffy when viewed as empirical fact, it is certainly much more plausible than any other grand 19th-Century philosophical system out there - much more so than Hegel's.

Schopenhauer's metaphysical insights on the arts are of a very high order. His views on genres as diverse as architecture and poetry to tragedy are insightful, erudite and, in my opinion, quite profitable to read. As a music lover, Schopenhauer unsurprisingly rates music as the greatest art and the sole art form that completely circumvents the Will. In other words, music appreciation is completely contemplative, and does not involve egoism. I would rate music as the greatest of the arts too, but music can easily involve egoism: sensual music can make me desire sex, harsh music can make me feel abrasive, etc. But then, Schopenhauer says as much himself. And it is here where his theory of the arts fails him. He doesn't seem to take much time in explaining what makes good art, as opposed to merely utilitarian art. In my opinion, his ranking of the arts, as a part of his metaphysical system, easily collapses when viewed as literal fact, but as poetic metaphor it does work quite well.

Some of Schopenhauer's greatest strengths and flaws are in the areas of natural science. His views on the development of consciousness are brilliantly insightful and slot in easily with Darwinian theory, but he falls far short in denying the existence of atoms and preferring Goethe's theory of color over Newton's.

On ethics, Schopenhauer is consistently insightful, but it is likely that not many would find his ethical thought attractive. His beautiful prose on the essential irrelevance of death (especially in Volume II, which has yet to be released in new translation) is some of the most sublime there is. I mostly concur with Schopenhauer's views on animals, although I disagree with his belief that there is occasional justification for the exploitation of animals for human survival. At one point in human history, that was undeniably true. Nowadays, it isn't. As a vegan, I accordingly find Descartes', Spinoza's, and Kant's views on animals repulsive, so Schopenhauer's views were definitely an advance.

Schopenhauer's view on sex is of the St. Augustine school and as such I find it to be the least attractive facet of his ethical thought. (Schopenhauer fought a life-long battle trying to tame his raging libido - more often than not losing). He was quite right in stating that our existence is permeated by sexual desire, but I disagree in trying to eradicate something that is the essence of all of us. It's much better, in my opinion, to indulge those desires responsibly, than repress what will always be there anyway.

Schopenhauer's endorsement of compassion is a wonderful answer to Kant's flawed ethics of duty. Whereas Kant tried to shepherd theological "thou shalts" through the ethical backdoor, Schopenhauer rightly tells us that compassion, not any sense of theocratic rationality (no matter how Kant tries to disguise it), is the basis of morality. Incidentally, it is well worth searching out Schopenhauer's hard-to-find book, "The Basis of Morality", which is a masterpiece of ethical thought.

Finally, there are Schopenhauer's pessimistic conclusions about life itself. He argues that there is no God, no soul, and no hope of a hereafter. I most heartily concur with his conclusions, and his eloquent description of the suffering of the world is necessary reading for both the shallow humanist and the pompous religious fundamentalist. It may disturb us to realize that we are at the mercy of blind forces largely beyond our control, but that same realization can make us more humane to each other, and to other species. It was Arthur Schopenhauer who so eloquently described our predicament, and for that I'll always be grateful.

A brief history of my previous experiences with Schopenhauer: I first read Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation (the Payne, definitive, translation) many years ago. I've also read a number of Schopenhauer's other works (mostly done by Payne) and have tried to pick up as many other works of his as I can.

For the most part, I find that Schopenhauer's philosophy most closely matched/matches my own.

That said, I saw and picked up this translation with a bit of hesitation. The World as Will and *Presentation*? Why go beyond Payne's standard translation?

However, as I read the translator's introduction, I saw that my fears were unnecessary. Aquila (and probably Carus, once Volume 2 finally comes out and we can read it) have given us a truly remarkable book.

Aquila not only knows that Payne's translations are the standards, he doesn't seem to desire to change that. Instead, Aquila has presented us with a new translation, geared towards those new to Schopenhauer. In this sense, while Payne may remain the standard, definitive, translation, I see these new translations becoming the classroom standard.

Schopenhauer said go to the source to get the facts of what the author said.Schopenhauer has been kept like kelp in the closet because he is among the great of the few philosophers of worth.Certainly he is number 1 in stating it as it is without riddles.In my opinion he exceeds all others on the bottom line.

The universities have scorn him as in his own day.What he has said has been distorted because he is great and true.

E.F. Payne in my opinion is best translator for his works.It is amusing to me how writers try to rework,and screw up what a genius has said.The state does not want the facts either,for how could it rule if the truth be known.Schopenhauer is accused of being pessimistic.He is if the truth is pessimistic period.Those who analyze his character to find fault are indicating their own.

Now I know you know I love Schopenhauer.Because I do I will recommend the following books to support him in the standing he deserves.

The basic books to start with are Parerga and Paralipomena,Oxford volume II.The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims translated by T.Bailey Saunders.Volume I,II The world As Will And Representation.Prize Essay On the Freedom Of the will.Edited by Gunter Zoller.

Now according to Schopenhauer the will is everything.The driving force of all that is.It is what you are made of,but you are only a part of it.You die,but it the will exist forever.The sex drive is a driving force of will.We know how sex distorts our view.I mention this because the will is blind to thinking,and cares nothing for the individual,but only for the continue existence of the will.God does not exist.Life is without meaning,you do not have free will.Whether the world exist ,or not
is immaterial.Reality is your perception only.

Now you do not have free will because of your DNA,and cause and effect,but you think you do.You are responsible for you,but you are not responsible,a contradiction,but if you are not who is.?You have to be,and you pay for it if you don't act right in your society.The Law.To bad.

Schopenhauer was an atheist,but he supported Christ and Buddha.Compassion is necessary as we are all flawed and suffer in varying degrees.To live is to suffer.The cause of suffering is desire.Pain is the normal state,pleasure is temporary and fleeting.Have compassion for mankind as we all suffer and die.Life is it worth living.What will tomorrow bring.You do not usually live long enough to understand the vanity of existence.You cannot change you character.Do you know anyone who has? for sure?.King luck rules the world,he gives and takes away.Thing are as they have to be.God bless Author Schopenhauer.
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