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On a related note, you should probably just read Schopenhauer in general.

His philosophical works are very inaccessible (to those unprepared) but his essays are brilliant and casually consumable.

FYI: He was the philosopher who influenced Nietzsche the most.

Yes they are very readable and his thoughts often feel like they were written last week. It's surprisingly timeless.

Schopenhauer was not a big proponent of empty, pointless philosophizing. His stuff is all practical and to the point.

He was the philosopher who influenced Nietzsche the most

If you don't count Emerson as a philosopher!