Schopenhauer: Speak Without Emphasis | Counsels & Maxims 46

How to insult a slow witted man without consequence.
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Section 46 of Counsels and Maxims (1851)
0:00 Let Others Figure Out Your Meaning
1:26 Comment
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Music: Among the Clouds, by Darren Curtis
Thumbnail Image: 1815 Portrait, By Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl - Schopenhauer-Archiv der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Schopenhauer Text:
To speak without emphasizing your words-parler sans accent-is an old rule with those who are wise in the world's ways. It means that you should leave other people to discover what it is that you have said; and as their minds are slow, you can make your escape in time. On the other hand, to emphasize your meaning-parler avec accent-is to address their feelings; and the result is always the opposite of what you expect. If you are polite enough in your manner and courteous in your tone there are many people whom you may abuse outright, and yet run no immediate risk of offending them.

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I know Schopenhauer may sound arrogant at times, but I find this helpful. Not the insult part, the part how to maneuver when different.

[@catherine87]

It will always catch up with the worldly knowledgeable fortunates in one clear way or another unforseen way . Be oneself instead is a course often overlooked through generations but always fortunes hindsight of maxim length.