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The World as Will and Representation, Volume 2 Quotes

Every child is to a certain extent a genius, and every genius to a certain extent a child. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Representation Quotes)

Every child is to a certain extent a genius, and every genius to a certain extent a child.[Jedes Kind gewissermaaßen ein Genie, und jedes Genie gewissermaaßen ein Kind.]

Source:(Dover, ed. 1966), Volume II, Chapter XXXI. On Genius, Page 395
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Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Representation, Volume 2 Quotes)
  • Book: The World as Will and Representation, Volume 2
  • Writer: Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1844
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