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Will he cure my depression? if not, what author or writer will?

>> No.17346189

Depends on whether or not you digest his work correctly. Some retards misinterpret him, that's where the whole Le pessimist thing came from.

>> No.17346210

no author will "cure your depression." I don't care what any retard here says.

if you're just sad, ditch your blatantly negative habits and be disciplined with yourself. if you're actually fucked up in the head and *depressed*, see a psychiatrist for fuck sakes. you can't white knuckle that shit.

>> No.17346224

>>17345285
ignore coping retards like >>17346189
no but he will increase it
Start with On the Suffering of This World.

>> No.17346225

he is depression
anyway, if i would ever start reading the old man what book should i begin with? and whats the most depressing work he has ever written?

>> No.17346230

>>17346189
Schopenhauer is literally a pessimist, retard.

>> No.17346231

Reading is tiring your brain, it can't help for depression.
Fresh air will help you.

>> No.17346427

>>17346224
>>17346230
Both of you haven't read Schopenhauer. He isn't a pessimist in the traditional sense of the word. If you seriously end up feeling depressed and nihilistic after reading him you're incredibly retarded. Also-
>Start with On the Suffering of This World.
another retarded comment. OP start with On the Fourfold Root of the principle of Sufficient reason.

>> No.17346613

>>17346230
>>17346427
Schopenhauer was undoubtedly a pessimist, but there is a lot of joy in his work. He preaches compassion and elevates art and beauty. His ideas on death are also comforting.
>>17345285
OP, start with The Wisdom of Life. It's an essay from Parerga und Paralipomena, which was a collection of essays Schopenhauer published towards the end of his life. It talks about easing the suffering of life.

>> No.17346661

>>17346427
Cope harder retard.
Every Schopenhauerian agrees that he was a pessimist. If Scho was so life life affirming then why did Nietzsche write books upon books in response to Scho's philosophy?

>> No.17346868

i dont read schop cause hes ugly

>> No.17346946
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17346946

>>17346868
Cope, Schopenhauer was a Chad.

>> No.17346972

>>17346946
i see his jaw but his eyes are weird

>> No.17346985

The Bible
Aurelius
Chesterton

>> No.17346992

>>17346972
He inherited a fortune from his father, he could afford to have mildly weird eyes.