Representing Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosophy Now
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The Importance of Reason in Humanity
Schopenhauer doesn't think this is a very big deal. The ability to have concepts makes us different from animals, he says. But really deep down we're all the same because we're all striving after life. He's very ahead of his time. For example, Kant, humanity has a particular dignity because of its reason,. Because it is able to reason. It has rationality.
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