Publisher's Synopsis
""Studies in Pessimism: The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer"" is a collection of essays written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, translated into English by T. Bailey Saunders. The essays cover a range of topics, including the nature of human existence, the futility of desire, the inevitability of suffering, and the limitations of reason. Schopenhauer's philosophy is characterized by a pessimistic view of life, in which he argues that human beings are fundamentally driven by selfish desires and that suffering is an inescapable part of the human condition. Despite this bleak outlook, Schopenhauer also offers insights into the nature of happiness and the possibility of finding meaning in a world that seems devoid of it. The essays in this collection are rich in philosophical ideas and are sure to provoke thought and discussion among readers interested in the nature of human existence and the meaning of life.But all this contributes to increase the measures of suffering in human life out of all proportion to its pleasures; and the pains of life are made much worse for man by the fact that death is something very real to him. The brute flies from death instinctively without really knowing what it is, and therefore without ever contemplating it in the way natural to a man, who has this prospect always before his eyes. So that even if only a few brutes die a natural death, and most of them live only just long enough to transmit their species, and then, if not earlier, become the prey of some other animal.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
