Medieval & Modern Philosophy · 19th century
Schopenhauer
The great pessimist: the world as representation and as blind Will, why desire guarantees suffering, and the three exits of art, compassion and renunciation that shaped Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud and Wittgenstein.
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Prereqs: Kant; the Upanishads. Next: Nietzsche; Freud. Sources: Schopenhauer, *The World as Will and Representation* (1818/1844); Bryan Magee, *The Philosophy of Schopenhauer* (rev. 1997); Julian Young, *Schopenhauer* (2005).Next: 1. Will and representation