At the end of life, masks come off and we see others as they really are.
Schopenhauer playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPCGA67J8M2KKGYj3S0Jc1CdrmLOMXVVh
Fifth Part of Chapter 5 of Counsels and Maxims (1851)
0:00 Introduction
1:21 Time Moves Faster
5:39 Effects on Life
7:22 Right Use of Youth
10:27 World vs Thought
13:40 Intellectual Powers Compared
17:52 Chronological Snobbery
19:45 Intellect Changes, Character Does Not
23:36 Text and Commentary
24:53 Masks Off
27:59 Is Youth or Age Happier?
31:06 Plato's Republic Excerpt
33:41 Sad Youth, Genial Age
38:31 Peace of Mind
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O'Rourke Book: https://www.amazon.com/Guile-Beat-Youth-Innocence-Haircut/dp/0871136090
Joker Scene: https://youtu.be/LwcSeT4pEWU?si=KS2_89bUeOKMFvMS
Republic Quote: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1497/1497-h/1497-h.htm#link2H_4_0004
Bible Quote: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+1&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