An idea from The World as Will and Representation

Another claim holds that character comes from your father and intellect from your mother. Genetics has found no such split.

Enjoy The Road is a library of ideas from books that lasted, in plain words. A new one every day, free to read.

The Sunday email

One email each Sunday morning: the week’s seven ideas, a question to think about, and a link to a story to read to a child.