Arthur Schopenhauer

Schopenhauer appears in Kyle’s reading layer on Charlie Munger — Harvard Law School Fiftieth Reunion Address as the source of a single quoted line on how to read: “Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately.” Kyle tagged the highlight #Reading. The quote fits the address’s broader theme of compounding learning and revisiting fundamental ideas; Schopenhauer is cited only as an authority on rereading, with no further treatment in the source.

Context: Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) was a German philosopher best known for The World as Will and Representation, which argued that a blind, striving “will” underlies all reality. His pessimistic philosophy and aphoristic essays influenced later thinkers including Nietzsche and Wittgenstein.

Where this appears

• Charlie Munger — Harvard Law School Fiftieth Reunion Address — quoted on rereading important books immediately (tagged #Reading).