Schopenhauer's Pessimism: The Trial of Existence
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Metaphysics, The Will, Suffering, Justification, Philosophy of LifeAbstract
I attempt to present a more holistic and more detailed account of Schopenhauer's pessimistic philosophical premises and their implications. The discussion begins with Schopenhauer's claim that the world is representation and with the discovering of the Will. It continues by examining the implications of the Will, which leads to the argument against existence itself.
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