Reflection
Published in Oxford University Press eBooks • Jun 21, 2018
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Authors:
Cecilia Muratori
Abstract
Why is it at all pleasurable to be in the company of animals such as dogs, monkeys, and cats? According to Schopenhauer, it is because of their “complete naïveté” that we find these creatures so amusing.1 But the company of apes, in particular, must have been especially fascinating to Schopenhauer. ...
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