While reading I couldn't help but think...

What did Schopenhauer think of Descartes for writing his philosophy is French instead of Latin, so that the common man could read his works versus exclusive academia? Schopenhauer makes a point that common knowledge is petty and naive and that there is practically no hope in it. He also states that worthless literature placed on the shelves leaves the works of great thinker's undisturbed. Yes, I see the truth in that statement, but all books have a purpose, whether to entertain or to educate. If the work's of the thinker's are so great then they will be able to stand on their own and are not comparable to those of writers who writer for money and fame. Descartes's purpose was to educate and he succeeded by writing in French. Schopenhauer has created a very narrow outlook on what is acceptable readings or literature.