"The realm of material objects is a creation, or representation, of the mind that apprehends it. The external world therefore depends on a seeing subject for its existence. The will, however, exists independently. The will - selfish, egotistical and tenacious - is also what makes life such a pleasant business. Conflict and suffering are the only possible result in the world where billions of wills collide. Happiness, then, is not a thing in itself but merely the absence of pain; its pursuit consists in extinguishing the will, thus escaping the wretched game."
- Arthur Schopenhauer.
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