All of Schopenhauer's answers on human relationships.

"One should have no idea how the world works if they think they will become popular with their intelligence and perception."

"Our Relationship with Others" is an excerpt from Arthur Schopenhauer's collection of essays and philosophical reflections, which was published in 1851 under the title "Parerga und Paralipomena".

Schopenhauer himself described this collection as "unparalleled more popular than anything else so far," while thematically complementing his perhaps most famous work, "The World as Will and Representation."

"Our Relationship with Others" is published as an essential reference point for both scholars of the great German idealist and for the history of philosophy in general.

Why is it preferable to lower our level in our interaction with others? How can we explain the fact that people are not interested in anything unless it personally affects them? Why is kindness and sincere appreciation not the best advice when meeting someone new?

What is ultimately politeness and why do we do ourselves good when judging others?

With his well-known decisive and undiplomatic style, Arthur Schopenhauer offers to provide answers to these and many other questions, provided of course that we desire contact with other people even though "in reality we should be very happy if we have no relationship with them."