The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: The Wisdom of Life
Translated by T. Bailey Saunders
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CHAPTER I. — DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT.
DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT.
Aristotle divides the blessings of life into three classes—those which come to us from without, those of the soul, and those of the body. Keeping nothing of this division but the number, I observe that the fundamental differences in human lot may be reduced to three distinct classes:
(1) What a man is: that is to say, personality, in the widest sense of the word; under which are included health, strength, beauty, temperament, moral character, intelligence, and education.
(2) What a man has: that is, property and possessions of every kind.
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