Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 2264 Schopenhauer, Arthur 1788 1860 Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey) 1860 1928 Saunders, Thomas Bailey Saunders, Bailey The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism Reading ease score: 59.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: Studies in Pessimism" by Arthur Schopenhauer is a philosophical text written in the early 19th century. The collection comprises various essays reflecting on the nature of existence, with a notably pessimistic viewpoint on human life and suffering. It covers themes like the inherent suffering of life, the vanity of existence, suicide, and philosophical reflections on education and women, all of which explore the darker aspects of the human condition and the quest for meaning within it. The opening of the work sets a bleak tone as Schopenhauer delves into the concept of suffering, suggesting that life's primary objective is intertwined with pain and misfortune. He critiques optimistic philosophies that dismiss the prevalence of evil and suffering, emphasizing that happiness is merely the absence of pain. Schopenhauer illustrates human existence as a series of disappointments, marked by an underlying madness due to unfulfilled desires. Through vivid analogies about life's futility and the inevitability of death, he positions existence as fundamentally flawed. He further argues that if humans could foresee the hardships of life, many would choose not to be born at all, thus framing existence as a burden rather than a gift. This opening establishes a strong foundation for the exploration of Schopenhauer's philosophical pessimism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Pessimism B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 230038 229884 2024-10-05T06:20:26.232233 2023-10-05T06:51:05.690424 text/html text/html 227346 2020-12-20T03:44:35 text/html 174301 2024-10-05T06:20:34.186190 application/epub+zip 176225 2024-10-05T06:20:30.337201 application/epub+zip 142898 2024-10-05T06:20:28.813207 application/epub+zip 415651 2024-10-05T06:20:37.014184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397406 2024-10-05T06:20:33.255234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330148 2022-09-05T09:41:24.197796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 195509 195408 2024-10-05T06:20:25.696222 2023-10-05T06:51:05.279406 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 196751 2020-12-20T03:44:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 74619 2020-12-20T03:44:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 196731 2020-12-20T03:44:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 74550 2020-12-20T03:44:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21856 2024-10-05T06:20:37.152182 application/rdf+xml 23749 2024-10-05T06:20:29.489207 image/jpeg 4901 2024-10-05T06:20:29.212208 image/jpeg 79177 2020-12-20T03:44:35 application/octet-stream application/zip 173034 2024-10-05T06:20:26.252269 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia