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> Arthur Schopenhauer - The World as Will and Representation.

Actually just ordered this about a week ago. Read a couple articles about him and got the impression that he shares a lot with early Christianity (and also Buddhism)

> Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time. Exceptionally rich and a beautiful study of love. Reading it is like living another life.

Haven't read the Proust but I'd say the same for War and Peace

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> got the impression that he shares a lot with early Christianity (and also Buddhism)

Schopenhauer revered the Upanishads (foundational Hindu texts), and was one of the first thinkers in the West to share key aspects of Indian philosophy.

He was very critical of Christianity, and was a staunch atheist.

Bryan Magee's 'The Philosophy of Schopenhauer' is an excellent companion to The World as Will and Representation and well worth reading.

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