Schopenhauer: Self-Sufficiency is the Key to Happiness | Counsels & Maxims 9

Sociability is inversely proportional to intellectual power, and to age. Schopenhauer playlist: Section 9 of Counsels and Maxims (1851) 0:00 Introduction 1:15 Self-Sufficiency is Key to Happiness 4:00 Only Free When Alone 5:45 Higher Man is More Solitary 10:20 Society’s Fake Hierarchy 12:43 Solitude’s Evils Compared with Society’s 13:45 Best to Be Alone 18:18 Orchestra of Russian Horns Infiltration Value of Solitude #Philosophy #Schopenhauer #lifeadvice Music: Among the Clouds, by Darren Curtis Thumbnail Image: 1815 Portrait, By Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl - Schopenhauer-Archiv der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main, Public Domain,