Studies in Pessimism by SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur

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Arthur Schopenhauer, an early 19th century philosopher, made significant contributions to metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. His work also informed theories of evolution and psychology, largely through his theory of the will to power – a concept which Nietzsche famously adopted and developed. Despite this, he is today, as he was during his life, overshadowed by his contemporary, Hegel. Schopenhauer's social/psychological views, put forth in this work and in others, are directly derived from his metaphysics, which was strongly influenced by Eastern thought. His pessimism forms an interesting and perhaps questionable contrast with his obvious joy in self-expression, both in the elegance of his prose and in his practice of playing the flute nightly.

2 minutes 3 seconds
Note
33 minutes 34 seconds
On the sufferings of the world
12 minutes 44 seconds
On the vanity of existence
14 minutes 6 seconds
On suicide
11 minutes 12 seconds
Immortaliy: a dialogue
52 minutes 33 seconds
Psychological observations
18 minutes 22 seconds
On education
36 minutes 22 seconds
Of women
12 minutes 39 seconds
On noise
12 minutes 11 seconds
A few parables
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