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The World as Will and Representation, Volume 2 Quotes

In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted lame man on his shoulders. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Representation Quotes)

In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted lame man on his shoulders.[In Wahrheit aber ist das treffendeste Gleichniß für das Verhältniß Beider der starke Blinde, der den sehenden Gelähmten auf den Schultern trägt.]

Source:(Dover, ed. 1966), Volume II, Chapter XIX. On the Primacy of the Will in Self-Consciousness, Page 209
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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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