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“The method of viewing things which proceeds in accordance with the principle of sufficient reason is the rational method, and it alone is valid and of use in practical life and in science. The method which looks away from the content of this principle is the method of genius, which is only valid and of use in art.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Die dem Satz vom Grunde nachgehende ist die vernünftige Betrachtungsart, welche im praktischen Leben, wie in der Wissenschaft, allein gilt und hilft: die vom Inhalt jenes Satzes wegsehende ist die geniale Betrachtungsart, welche in der Kunst allein gilt und hilft.

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Schopenhauer, Arthur. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Arthur Schopenhauer. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer

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