The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

 

The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality." - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher.


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This quote is just one of 23 total Arthur Schopenhauer quotes in our collection. Arthur Schopenhauer is known for saying 'The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality." - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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If we weren't all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting we couldn't endure it.

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All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

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The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped. -Arthur Schopenhauer
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To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

Arthur Schopenhauer
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