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Schopenhauer's philosophical pessimism also extended to his views on animals. [6]: 36 He believed that animals, like humans, are subject to the metaphysical Will and therefore also experience suffering and craving. As a result, he argued that animals should be treated with respect and compassion, and that their rights should be recognized.
Image Name Date of birth Date of death Nationality Julius Bahnsen [1] [2]: 30 March 1830: 7 December 1881: German Ernest Becker [3]: 27 September 1924: 6 March 1974
Studies in Pessimism public domain audiobook at LibriVox (contains selections from Parerga and Paralipomena) Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer contains selections from Parerga and Paralipomena; The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, a Dialogue, Etc. contains selections from Parerga and Paralipomena
[40]: 172 Nietzsche was also critical of Schopenhauer's pessimism because, he argued that, in judging the world negatively, it turned to moral judgments about the world and, therefore, led to weakness and nihilism. Nietzsche's response was a total embracing of the nature of the world, a "great liberation" through a "pessimism of strength" which ...
[3] [4] Mainländer aims to free the philosophy of Schopenhauer from its metaphysical tendencies. [5]: 604 It is the longest criticism of Schopenhauer's work, and it earned him the praise of Frauenstädt, [6] "apostle primarie" of Schopenhauer, Max Seiling [4] and Frederick C. Beiser [7] for being one of the most talented followers of Schopenhauer.
Schopenhauer's pessimism led him to believe that the affirmation of the "will" was a negative and immoral thing, due to his belief of life producing more suffering than happiness. The death drive would seem to manifest as a natural and psychological negation of the "will".
Schopenhauer as Educator ("Schopenhauer als Erzieher"), 1874, describes how the philosophic genius of Schopenhauer might bring on a resurgence of German culture. Nietzsche gives special attention to Schopenhauer's individualism, honesty and steadfastness as well as his cheerfulness, despite Schopenhauer's noted pessimism.
Basis of all dialectic, according to Schopenhauer. In Volume 2, § 26, of his Parerga and Paralipomena, Schopenhauer wrote: . The tricks, dodges, and chicanery, to which they [men] resort in order to be right in the end, are so numerous and manifold and yet recur so regularly that some years ago I made them the subject of my own reflection and directed my attention to their purely formal ...