Schopenhauer’s Extreme Self-Help for Pessimists
Monday, January 14th, 2008“The worst is yet to come.” — Schopenhauer
German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer was such an extreme pessimist that he thought we live in the worst of all possible worlds and happiness is an illusion. This is what makes it surprising that he wrote a best-selling book containing a self-help section. And yet [...]