We present to your attention a book by the great German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. This is a true collection of reflections on a wide range of topics: relationships between people in society, creativity, physiognomy, man and woman, law, politics, life and death. The work of this well-known thinker is incredibly emotional, full of vivid and memorable conclusions, and capable of overturning the reader’s worldview. Schopenhauer exerted a tremendous influence on culture and art—above all on music—and became a predecessor of such a famous thinker as Nietzsche.