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Title Author Date
Schopenhauer quote Slattery, Diana Aug 01, 2009
Been trying to find the source for the Schopenhauer quote, "All truth passes through..." and found your page stating this is a misattribution.

Do you still hold this position? I love the quote and want to cite it in an upcoming aritcle for the journal "Configurations."

Best,
Diana Slattery
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Schopenhauer quote Shallit, Jeffrey Aug 01, 2009
Yes, it is a misattribution. There is no quote of that form in Schopenhauer's works. He did say something along those lines, namely,

"To truth only a brief celebration of victory is allowed between the two long periods during which it is condemned as paradoxical, or disparaged as trivial. "

Jeffrey Shallit
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