Ask HN: Which book had the biggest impact on your personality?

Re:Ask HN: Which book had the biggest impact on your persona... by AlexAMEEE on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @04:47PM (#14756531)

Everything that Arthur Schopenhauer wrote.

It's a lot about finding purpose in life.

I started reading his stuff and then I became angry at him and at me.

At him because he showed me that I'm a slave of nature and at me because I started questioning life and humanity.

Then I started to disprove his thesis and found my own purpose in life, not only that, it also gave me a much better understanding of human nature, which can be used in marketing or product design.

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Re:Ask HN: Which book had the biggest impact on your persona... by noam87 on Friday July 14, 2017 @11:12AM (#14770385)

> Everything that Arthur Schopenhauer wrote.

Though you're probably good just skimming over anything he had to say about women or non-white people :p

Even my 19th-century edition of his essays comes with a prefatory warning.

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Re:Ask HN: Which book had the biggest impact on your persona... by AlexAMEEE on Monday July 17, 2017 @10:36AM (#14788827)

I agree, it's recommended to read a summary of all his texts.

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Re:Ask HN: Which book had the biggest impact on your persona... by twbarber on Thursday July 13, 2017 @07:05PM (#14766055)

Any of his work in particular?

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Re:Ask HN: Which book had the biggest impact on your persona... by AlexAMEEE on Friday July 14, 2017 @08:45AM (#14769316)

'The world as will and representation' is probably the most important.

I would actually just recommend a book that does a summary of all his books, that's enough in my opinion.

His stuff is very hard to read and I often had to ask professionals who then translated or explained it to me.

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