Sunday, 4 August 2013

On the Suffering of the World by Arthur Schopenhauer



This is one of the Penguin “Great Ideas” series – but it is one of the few within that collection where I have found the writer’s thought completely without merit. 

OK he is anti God and religion and therefore there would be little common ground between us in terms of conclusions, however often reading the writings of those that have come to other conclusions from yourself sharpens your thought and is an intellectually stimulating counter-point.  I found done of this with Schopenhauer, his arguments seemed to fail even on their own terms. 

I would also add that his Essay “On Women” would suggest that he wasn’t a feminist to put it mildly…

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