Philosopher of Pessimism #philosophy #schopenhauer #bryanmagee

A short clip of Bryan Magee discussing the famous pessimism of the thought of Arthur Schopenhauer in an interview with Frederick Copleston. This comes from a program on the thought of Arthur Schopenhauer in a 1987 series on the Great Philosophers.

#philosophy #schopenhauer #bryanmagee

[anuragchowdhury]

Schopenhauer is the personification of a true philosopher. He looked at the world the way it really is.

[tonyburton]

How can anyone not agree with so much of this?

[indrakamalyadav]

Of all the philosopher Schopenhauer has influenced me the most. He wasn't a pessimist but a realist.

[mdichou]

The truth is not always pleasant or easy.

[MeisterBeefington]

Just going to leave this on repeat in the hope of reverse engineering my YouTube shorts to play nothing but Bryan Magee snippets

[lauriobrien]

Yes, he had a point, this view prompts one to look deeper !

[Benusr]

Pessimism is good tho... A pessimist will leave a bad situation, because they think it'll go worse and an optimist will never leave a bad situation, becaude they have hope that it'll go better and that it'll get good.

[moshow]

The good stuff is just there to keep you there for the suffering.

[edgregory]

Hope is killing me Jerry!
--George Costanza

[rangecow]

This is hilarious. Bryan Magee at his best upon the skirted couch.

[natanunorthodox]

"What's true is true, and the one who doubts it, is the one in denial of it, therefore making him the most dangerous of all"...SBN NataN

[kazkk]

He was right. World is an appealing place and human sentiment makes it more difficult to bear. Life as such must be denounced at least in some level

[baimjohnson]

Given the state of the world these days, Schopenhauer’s philosophy seems closer to truth than many other philosophies and religious worldviews out there

[kenricward]

Schopenhauer makes Thomas Hobbes look like a starry-eyed idealist.

[kshitishp]

Actually, the metaphysical reality he is referring to, he is automatically assuming beforehand that it has consciousness and since there's death and pain everywhere, that consciousness inclines more on to the side of malevolence . But since the advent of Darwin's theory we know that the existence of nature is an underlying scientific relying concept and there exists no emotion as long as the logic and reason for existence is satisfied . Consider this and the pessimistic view turns into nihilism as there's no meaning to a life governed by the emotionless rules of physics.

[thoughtful]

This is why any omni-gods that include "omni-benevolent" can be dismissed outright without further consideration.

[martinarreguy]

I love his argument on the utility of religion with Clergyman friend. And ends it with the Spainish/Basque proverb: Behind the cross stands the devil! What did he know??

[philosophytoday]

Now, I need to study Schopenhauer more thoroughly and try to understand why he is call a pessimist rather than a realist .

[christopherjohnbutler]

Here to "Having the craic"!!

[TheCuratorIsHere]

Schopenhauer is akin to Camus in the sense that he saw the absurdity of it all.