Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: February 22, 1788 - September 21, 1860
Birthday: February 22
Death: September 21
Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read directly in the book of the world.
source: Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.492, Oxford University Press
topic: Book, Men, Race, Reformers