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Have you read On the Sufferings of the World? It's the most succinct but elborate description of the human condition.
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/pessimism/chapter1.html
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I read On Women desu
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>>8464596
All the essays in Studies in Pessimism are great to be honest.
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>>8464593
No, I don't read pseudo philosophy that's more of a parody that could only seem adequate to a "literary" mind. Still better than Arendt though "HURR DURR HANNAH WANT SPACE SHIPS; PRISON PRISON KEK KEK".
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>>8464604
What's real philosophy then?
Please don't say autistic anglo trash
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>>8464593
I prefer Ralph Waldo Emerson, individualism essay for philosophical inspiration. Schopenhauer just makes me sad. The guy actually promotes suicide. Can't take him seriously after reading that.
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>>8464637
awkward logic
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>>8464629
If you read On Suicide he is sympathetic to those who do commit suicide but does not promote as he sees it as a futile act, as destroying one phenomena of the Will has no effect on the suffering that its blind striving engenders.
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>>8464604
> pseudo philosophy that's more of a parody that could only seem adequate to a "literary" mind
I wonder if you're the same anon who basically said this the other day.
In truth though, Schopenhauer's more literary, often less technical writings, like those from Parerga and Paralipomena that OP cites, don't capture the depth and innovation of Schopoenhauer's system. He really was a strong philosopher.
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>>8464593
>https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/pessimism/chapter1.html
For some reason this type of deep pessimism always strikes me as humorous and endearing. I got the same impression reading that Ligotti book that was popular for a bit
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