"The wisdom of life and counsels and maxims" is a collection of essays by famed German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. In this work you will find two collections of essays which include the following: The wisdom of life: (Introduction, I. Division of the subject, II. Personality, or what a man is, III. Property, or what a man has, IV. Position, or a man's place in the estimation of others-, Sect. 1. Reputation, sect. 2. Pride, sect. 3. Rank, sect. 4. Honor, sect. 5. Fame), Counsels and maxims: (Introduction, I. General rules, II. Our relation to ourselves, III. Our relation to others, IV. Worldly fortune, V. The ages of life.)"--Publisher description