A leading German metaphysician from the 19th century, Arthur Schopenhauer, exerted an influence far beyond the hermetic world of philosophy, with adherents ranging from Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche to Leo Tolstoy and Thomas Mann. Among Schopenhauer’s main contributions to the field of philosophy was his rejection of the idealism of his contemporaries and his coverage of the practical variations of materialism. In Life Wisdom, the philosopher favors individual strength and independence. He examines ways of organizing life to obtain the highest levels of pleasure and success, provides guidelines for achieving this full and rich way of life, and suggests that even a well-lived life should always aspire to be more sublime.
Life wisdom in the sense that it is usually the art of organizing life in order to achieve the highest level of happiness and success; an art whose theory can be called Eudaemonology, because this art teaches us how to live happily.