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ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER ~ PAIN CAUSED BY DEATH

“The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

13 June 2013

Jacques-Augustin Pajou (Jacques Augustin Pajou) (1730-1809)

Bacchante tenant un tambour de basque, avec deux enfants [detail #2]

Marble

Louvre (France)

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