Arthur Schopenhauer

Bentham and Arthur Schopenhauer, are well known for their research regarding pleasure and pain. Jeremy Bentham believed that pleasure and pain were directly related to happiness. Because of this, he developed a scale to show the relevance of pleasure and pain to man’s happiness. Arthur Schopenhauer believed like Bentham

Art features heavily in Arthur Schopenhauer’s “Will and Representation.” Schopenhauer had a complex and nuanced view of art’s profound effect on humanity and that effect’s importance to our everyday lives. His view does not however, exist in a vacuum. It is an integral part of his overarching theory on humanity and existence itself and therefore can only be fully appreciated with at least some reference to his other ideas. In this paper I will attempt to illustrate Schopenhauer’s philosophy of art

All of the pessimism of Arthur Schopenhauer seems to stems from his lack of love interest and desire for pleasure. A lack of a significant other in his life,resulted in his devotions to academics and enlightenment,but socially, he was in isolated in another world. What he was missing was an significant other to share and lighten the burdens of existence.This negativity of love caused him to became so bitter to the ideas of love and procreation, he even view procreating as an “transfer of burden and

the World,” Arthur Schopenhauer has a pessimistic outlook on life. He believes that suffering is a part of life and that without suffering, the world would be an even more miserable place. As many people may assume, life gets better as you grow older. Schopenhauer however disagrees with this statement and claims that life continually deteriorates. Before reading this piece I strongly believed that I was an optimist. I always like to see the bright side of situations but, Schopenhauer really gave

Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Germany during the end of the 18th century. He was a prominent figure in German idealism and romanticism. His most recognized work is his book published in 1818: The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer was the first serious Western philosopher to be interested in Buddhism, which sparked his negative philosophies. He related deeply to how Buddha had felt during his youth when he found illness, pain and death. “The truth was that this world could not have

ignoring its good aspects, thus lowering one’s expectations. Arthur Schopenhauer is often categorised as the greatest pessimist in Western philosophy despite never formally characterising himself as such. However, he exercises the concepts “optimism” and “pessimism” to classify certain conceits of suffering in his philosophies on human life and existence in order to classify the ‘good’ and ‘evil’ that pervade the human condition. Schopenhauer articulates what he perceives as the cruel realities of life

Friedrich Nietzsche, we are approached with an array of beliefs as religious philosophy is combined with non-religious philosophy. The undeniable aspect is that each concept can be adequately compared. In studying Georg Hegel, John Stuart Mill, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Friedrich Nietzsche, it is evident that each takes a supreme stance on morality. Therefore, I propose the question, “Is it morally permissible to commit suicide”? By analyzing each philosophical approach to this question, each philosopher’s

Srivaishnav Gandhe Dr.Bird English 453.6 30 Nov. 2017 Thesis Nietzsche and his Influence on the Modern Western World “Nietzsche is an atheist, a life-affirming nihilist, an extreme pessimist, a trickster, a gleefully defiant irreverent rebel and a sick hero”, my father said when I asked, “What does Nietzsche mean to you.” My father was one of the many people who hated Nietzsche. And maybe he is right in his own perspective because, “What do we do when someone questions our existence?.” “What do we

Wei Zhou German 240 Profesor Merolle Essay 1: “On the Sufferings of the world” by Arthur Schopenhauer All of the pessimism of Arthur Schopenhauer seems to stems from his lack of love interest and desire for pleasure. A lack of a significant other in his life,resulted in his devotions to academics and enlightenment,but socially, he was in isolated in another world. What he was missing was an significant other to share and lighten the burdens of existence.This negativity of love caused him to became

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” These were the famous words Friedrich Nietzsche spoke and almost everyone in this world can probably relate to it.Lying seems so universal, but no one can really agree if it’s warranted or not.After reviewing a few opinionated and factual articles on lying, the opinionated conclusion is lying is almost always never justified unless it is to protect someone from getting hurt. In “A Philosopher On Lying”, by Mary