Nice to know: Part 2024-180

in #smart9 months ago

Not everything is important and needs to be known, but all our knowledge shapes our worldview and helps us to understand the world a little bit more!


Arthur Schopenhauer kept a poodle all his life, which he called Atman (Sanskrit for breath of life), but for the sake of brevity he always called it “butz”. If the animal died, he bought a poodle that looked the same, which he also called Atman.