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On one occasion, an old woman chatting outside his door made him so angry that he pushed her down the stairs. She was injured, and a court ordered Schopenhauer to pay compensation to her for the rest of her life. When she died some years later, Schopenhauer showed no compassion: instead he scribble the joke-rhyme "obit anus, abit onus" (Latin for "the old woman dies, the burden goes") on her death certificate.

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>Professor quotes Karl Popper

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