Has anyone read Schopenhauer?

2019-05-11T15:57:05+00:00

He's worth it. Take your time though, can get kinda complicated.

TVTestPattern · 2019-05-11T13:53:11+00:00

https://www.theabsolute.net/misogyny/onwomen.html

mnight75 · 2019-05-11T17:28:06+00:00

I started last night. The guy is a hoot! The opening basically says you gotta read two of his smaller essays that came before AND Kant. Then goes on to suggest if you won't since you already spent your money to use the book as a prop on a ladies table or space filler in your library, since he already has your money. The goes on to make a point that it was a jest, but still read Kant and the other two.

Book one is basically him arguing a simple premise, that reality is subjective and that matter isn't real because it can't be perceived separately from the self. He is making the Matrix argument that everything we perceive, because it comes through the senses, isn't real because it could be faked. Also that time and space are important concepts without which matter can't exist but can exist without matter., that everything is relative This guy was by the way Pre Einstein.

He is wordy as fuck, and a smart mouthed guy, but pretty intelligent. I am looking forward to digging deeper, but I kept going wow this guy is clever for someone from 1818.

I disagree that you need anything more than a passing familiarity with Kant to understand his work, and he does a wicket job of dissecting Kant in the places where he thinks Kant is wrong.

Its a very heavy intellectual read, though I found it easier than most so called philosophers except MAYBE Plato. Who, by the way Schopenhauer also recommends having read and I second his opinion.

Of course I find him accessible cause I had a couple philosophy classes in college, so if you don't have a higher education in philosophy type stuff your mileage may vary.

I would argue watching the Matrix before reading his book is more important than reading Kant first at least for the first book which he said was where it was most needed.

seattlemgtow · 2019-05-12T08:41:26+00:00

This is an excellent primer on Schopenhauer.

Title	Has anyone read Schopenhauer?
Author	WhyDoIAlwaysQuit
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Date	May 11, 2019 12:57 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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