Schopenhauer & Being Cheerful

Professor Christopher Janaway discusses the thought of Arthur Schopenhauer and his views on the suffering and futility of human life and the influence of love, art, morality and religion in a talk that was given at the University of Southampton a few years ago as part of the Philosophy Café series.

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[dennyworthington]

One of my favorite Schopenhauer quotes is: "Directly after copulation, the devil’s laughter is heard.”

[aydnofastro-action]

Wonderful. "Majesterial and uplifting tones." As Neitzsche describes, reading him is like walking in into a large Forrest and breathing in fresh air.

[bernardliu]

This is the best exposition of Schopenhauer’s philosophy I have encountered.

[mustafakandan]

Good, but I feel atheism is not the best way of describing Schopenhauer's philosophy. In spite of his pessimism, there is something mystical (akin to Eastern spiritual traditions) in Schopenhauer. From what I remember, he claimed there is but one universal Will, manifesting itself in manifold existences. That is why he also argued that harming the other is harming oneself, and suicide is futile as this will not destroy the universal Will.

[bernardliu]

Scholars have pointed out Freud actually took a university course on Schopenhauer. Very disingenuous of him to deny Schopenhauer’s profound influence on him.

[ldshasnobrain]

If I took him to Rennaisance at the Ministry of Sound 1995 Xmas and gave him 2 X double speckled doves I reckon he would say that existence covers its cost at least for 8 hours anyway.

[TheMahayanist]

Schopenhauer one of the greatest philosophers up with Marx, Hume, Ayer, Rorty, Wittgenstein and Nagarjuna.

[Bibibosh]

Someone please recommend me philosophy stuff about the following topics.
Matter and energy
Time and space
Mind and freewill
Gravity
Inventions and creative ideas
Money
Computering and ai.

All from before 1980 plz. I love philosophy prior to 1980 and 1920's

[bernardliu]

As Bertrand Russell pointed out, almost casually, that the phenonmenon of suicide puts paid to Schopenhauer’s sovereign thought : how is suicide even remotely possible if the entire universe is but a manifestation of his will-to-life ?

(By the way, Freud actually attended a seminar on Schopenhauer during his university years, asserted by Prof. Julien Young.)

[islaymmm]

Can someone inform me on some of the major objections to his metaphysics?

[alexanderfuchs]

not a bad one actually. 

he forgets to points out that all of what Schopi says is either true or funny and often both. 

also I dont think repression is conceptualized as being a conscious act ... Esp not in Schopenhauer and also its not about repression of drives, but of traumatic memories, moments which shook us and fractured us, moments of irreconcilability with ourselves and in which place we construct narratives which channel drives in perpetuity, compulsory ... which is exactly the way analysis conceptualizes the personality disorder as such. additionally mania and depression are compulsions of will and of its negation ...

in other words: dont study psychology, read Schopenhauer. good talk ... wish they wouldn't focus this much upon his pessimism. also there's much neater bows to be tied around epistemology+metaphysics vs. aesthetics+ethics as two distinct forms of intentionality ... but good talk overall

[akelofgren]

Schopenhauer talk the hapiness of freethinker, not sophists, but that 'was in old time(according me), but 'TODAY IS NOT EVEN ARTISTS FREETHINKER', they early manipulate what we are allowed to think will feel so, so l can see everywhere as pianist that it is ctastrophy enough not my thought

[ldshasnobrain]

I've just spoke to Carl Young and he told me that this fella is projecting his Shadow onto others and needs to become a Jungian..lol.

[low]

Schopenhauer was the most famous German philosopher until the WWI according to "The Pessimism Controversy, 1870–1890 by Frederick C. Beiser". Freud was a liar.

[ZYX]

I’m a woman.
When I make comments about Schopenhauer being my first true love.
Jokingly of course…
Although he was quite handsome when he was a young man… Although I heard he was also a virgin through his whole life…
Either way, women dislike me when they find out I admire his mind.
I still don’t understand why. He was provocative and he will always be.💜
This is why I love him so😊.

And Nietzsche!
Oh Nietzsche.. and you’re damn mustache⚔️😉