What do you think about Schopenhauer? Could he even see

Misanthropy doesn't imply misery.
Will and Representation was a sick read.

i would rather ask you: can you even see beyond his own misery? because, true, his experience tainted his views, but what is valuable in his, or anyone's work, is the form not the content.

he reached important truths and exposed them with the tools life gave him.

No he could not.

That's why the last 150 pages of his main work are all about how to see past your own suffering and live decently.

Idiot.

>>8726382
"Main work" isn't a natural English phrase, my German friend. Not that it matters, you're right and you get the point across, just usage advice.

>>8726382
I haven't actually read anything by him except quotes and aphorisms-

He's being criticized a lot, I was just wondering if it's worth it.

>>8726424
Sorry for being a dick. He is definitely worth it but nobody here has actually read anything by him except "On Women." For some reason he is associated with childish pessimism and suicide even though his most famous writing, his ethics, is completely different.

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>>8726439
Fuck you, mister. I've read Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung.

Also pic related is a pretty good book to get into Schopenhauer. For the english speaking people here.