Disillusion is the chief characteristic of old age.
Schopenhauer playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPCGA67J8M2KKGYj3S0Jc1CdrmLOMXVVh
Sixth Part of Chapter 5 of Counsels and Maxims (1851)
0:00 Introduction
1:06 Be Surprised By Nothing
4:28 Disease & Boredom
8:19 Money & Health
10:39 Automata
11:55 Euthanasia
13:40 Excerpt from World as Will & Representation
17:24 Main Difference Between Youth & Old Age
19:27 One Hundred Years
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Bible Quote: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%207&version=RSV
Music: Among the Clouds, by Darren Curtis
Thumbnail Image: 1815 Portrait, By Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl - Schopenhauer-Archiv der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=394003