Re:Schopenhauer: On Reading and Books
by zwieback on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @05:18PM
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Boy, he sure complained a lot! The idea that reading for pure entertainment is a bad thing seems hilariously misguided to me.
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Nietzsche agreed with you :)
Re:Schopenhauer: On Reading and Books
by jarpschop on Thursday December 02, 2021 @09:31AM
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Nietzsche said the same thing as Schopenhauer, that reading too much may make you stupid in the end; and for the same reasons.
Well he also said that a book is made better by good readers and that reading a good book was a triumph. He didn't like "common" books, so maybe you're right. I had in min his general criticisms of Schopenhauer, though I'm no expert on wither.