Society has adopted a false kind of superiority based on conventional character, arbitrary principles, tradition, and fashion—a 'password' subject to alteration—which is weak compared to real intellectual superiority, though it dominates social judgment.
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“Society has capriciously adopted a false kind of superiority conventional in its character and resting upon arbitrary principles a tradition as it were handed down in higher circles and like a password subject to alteration”
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Schopenhauer: Self-Sufficiency is the Key to Happiness | Counsels & Maxims 9— Christopher AnadaleCreated: 8/12/2026, 10:37:02 PM
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