PralineWorried4830
PralineWorried4830 t1_jckpzfh wrote
Reply to Schopenhauer and Hegel’s feud was metaphysical: a pessimist who recognised the unchangeable essence of the world and an optimist who saw human history as perpetual growth could never get along. by IAI_Admin
Safranksi's bio on Schopenhauer is worth a read too imo.
PralineWorried4830 t1_jckpgmq wrote
Reply to comment by AnAppariti0n in Schopenhauer and Hegel’s feud was metaphysical: a pessimist who recognised the unchangeable essence of the world and an optimist who saw human history as perpetual growth could never get along. by IAI_Admin
I actually find him delightful and humorous to read. Reading Hegel is like having to drink cough syrup while having a migraine and insomnia in comparison, at least The Phenomenology of Spirit.
PralineWorried4830 t1_jckp0uv wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-Reporter8066 in Schopenhauer and Hegel’s feud was metaphysical: a pessimist who recognised the unchangeable essence of the world and an optimist who saw human history as perpetual growth could never get along. by IAI_Admin
"Il faut cultiver notre jardin."
Voltaire
PralineWorried4830 t1_jc0gtnd wrote
Reply to comment by IReallyHateReddit37 in The Eternal Return: Nietzsche’s Brilliant Thought Experiment Illustrating the Key to Existential Contentment by Raw_Spit
Would check out Julian Barbour's The End of Time. Technically we're re-living every moment like a broken record if the universe is intrinsically timeless.
PralineWorried4830 t1_jcl8grr wrote
Reply to comment by Solobotomy in Schopenhauer and Hegel’s feud was metaphysical: a pessimist who recognised the unchangeable essence of the world and an optimist who saw human history as perpetual growth could never get along. by IAI_Admin
A more recent book worth checking out regarding modern pessimism is Szymczyk's Atlantis & Its Fate In The Postdiluvian World, slightly philosophical and extremely pessimistic at times, bordering on science-fiction at others, but overall a highly entertaining read with some interesting comparisons of Kodiak Island around 10,000 BC with descriptions of Atlantis in Plato's Timaeus and Critias. He also mentions Schopenhauer quite a few times, which is why I'm mentioning it (disclaimer: I know the author and have been championing this book so I might be a bit biased, however, the book is free on Kindle right now so this is not a commercial endorsement).