What is Pessimism? (Philosophical Definition)

A quick explanation of Arthur Schopenhauer's philosophy of pessimism. (#Schopenhauer #Pessimism)

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[Hesse]

I am always expecting the worst.
Either I am positively surprised, or I was right. Win-win pessimism.

[valdezrj]

I'm getting tired of always feeling this way, I say worse things about myself that are never true, but it's the way I feel. It's always a feeling, I it way to often, making me feel tired.

[steveoh]

Pessimistic people just grow up in terrible lifestyle that plagues their personality of negativity. Some can get up into it with help, some dont cause it makes sense to be that way so they can prepare theirselves in to worst outcome.

[Voidsworn]

I would think that the world is as bad (and as good) as somebody claims...from their point of view. Saying the world, reality, or whatever is "bad" is a value judgement. Objectivity doesn't really enter into it...or does it? What do I know, I am just a jellyfish slathered in peanutbutter between two slices of bread.
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[radioful]

If you fight with others for things you want does that mean you don't want them to have it? Essentially is it a battle for superiority?

[toric]

No offense but you should get a new mic my friend...

[araw]

Pessimism to me is Watching most movies feeling like I've seen new Movie a hundred times a TV Show that spends too much time on Filler and Talking then what and believing people fall into a Certain set of Categories hoping you're wrong Hoping that it's not that simple only to be proven right.

[uvindukulathunga]

I think Im impulsively optimistic
(like Im built for that)
But Im deep down pessimistic

[IvanDayking]

I think there's difference between happiness and comfort. Maybe we need a vector which is defined by two points. First one is the current state and the second is the happiness and in order to provide continual evolution the happiness should be outside of this world. So the world is the best at not being the best? idunno

[dash_ali]

Best way ever to explain by human you did bro ! Thanks for wonderful job

[xenoblad]

Do you not have knowledge that you haven't found something that looks like knowledge?
Oh wait, is this a paradox?

[uvindukulathunga]

Tell me
Would you rather have a life with no plessure and no pain
or a life with Pain and plessure in a random ratio


You guessed 2 nd right
ofcourse no one wants to live a boring life
But what is Boredom if not a form of pain
See thats why pain is interwoven to life while, plessure is a sueperficial drop of sweetness
Its like the life constantly slaps us and give us gifts
bit we normalize slaps and Celebrate Gifts, creating a bubble of denial making js blind to inherant pain in life
also known as Exhistantial Copium, the greatest drug in the world

[gurjotsingh]

'I just haven't found something that looks like knowledge'