Arthur Schopenhauer

19th Century
1788-1860Danzig / Frankfurt, Germany

As Your Guide

Schopenhauer will look unflinchingly at the hunger driving your existence and ask what lies beyond it. He finds beauty and compassion in the pauses between wanting. Choose him if you want a guide who turns pessimism into a doorway rather than a dead end.

Who They Were

German philosopher of pessimism who emphasized blind will and aesthetic contemplation.

What They Left Behind

Words that outlived their authors.

The World as Will and Representation, Essays and Aphorisms

What Haunts Them

These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.

Will to livepessimismaesthetic contemplationcompassionasceticism