Pessimism, to Schopenhauer, means not that our civilization or morality are declining, but rather that human beings are fated to endure a life freighted with problems that are fundamentally ...

Arthur Schopenhauer is a philosopher who’s never been much liked by other philosophers. Bertrand Russell described his system as “tired and valetudinarian” and too averse to reform. Ludwig ...

Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, unfortunately, didn’t have much to offer us in his consolations about death, but, more importantly, he succeeded in helping us believe that life was worth living, even ...