Schopenhauer: The Philosopher Who Knew Life’s Pain

The amount of suffering in the world is vast, so observed Schopenhauer. Life is a constant striving, a relentless pursuit of desires and needs that keep appearing. So it’s no surprise that people label this philosopher ‘pessimistic’ and ‘dark.’ But his observations aren’t unfounded.

Video: Schopenhauer: The Philosopher Who Knew Life’s Pain

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00:00 - Intro
02:35 - Life and philosophy
05:40 - The will-to-live
08:37 - The world as a representation
10:39 - Why life sucks
15:42 - How to deal with life

[LizdardKing]

He was never a pessimist but a realist. One of my favourite quotes from him that I find absolutely correct is “Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.”

[theconqueringram]

I agree with Arthur Schopenhauer. Life just sucks. It's painful in many ways and he understood that. He didn't sugarcoat anything, he told it as it was. None of us asked to be here, and sometimes I wish I wasn't.

[WolfgangVonKempelen]

"Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability", something most people are confronted with everyday. A wise man he was and one of my favourite philosophers by a country mile.

[QuestforaMeaningfulLife]

I find his views give me a sense of relief from that pressure of "I should be more happy than I am. Something's wrong." Letting go of that pressure ends up making me more happy.

[freeman]

A man of brilliance. I never chose to be here, but I guess since I am here I will try to make the best of a bad situation.

[jhljhl]

No rose without a thorn, but many a thorn without a rose. -- Schopenhauer

[michaelmagro]

Schopenhauer to me is a very practical philosopher. He tells it how it is and doesn't sugar coat life or take the leap of faith as so many other philosophers do. I live my life to try to minamlize pain while prolonging pleasure. For instance i don't waste any time in the morning checking my phone or socials as that creates anxiety but instead get too it right away, get my hiking gear on and take my dog for a long hike in. Contrast that to staying in bed and death scrolling for an hour. I try to live my life in that manner. Making pleasure efficiently attainable whilst minamlizing the pain.

[kjbrocky]

The most depressed minded people are also the most intelligent, introspective and observant. Another great video, thank you.

[Peter_Parker]

Schopenhauer is the philosopher I agree the most with. So well made, Einzelgänger. Thank you.

[mememomo]

I overcame the hardships of life by doing this:

Embrace the negativity of this life and accept it, reduce my desires, live a simple life, have faith, and know that this life is temporary and what comes after is THE real life. Happiness and suffering greatly depend on mentality and perception. If you change that, you will have a happy and beautiful life.

[ailaranta]

His way of seeing life's nature, which is so realistic for me, is not easy to talk about. Most people find it 'spooky' and depressing.

[diegosantiago]

I clicked on this video accidentally and it was exactly what I was looking for

[experienceseeker]

Life is a forced existence. I didn't ask to be created. But I were created by my parents, for whatever reason. A life filled with loneliness and depression, that's what it resulted in, because of my absent and emotionally unavailable parents. I don't want to have my own kids, sex and marriage. But that makes it hard to find a partner. To bring another life into this world is a forced existence. A punishment for whatever reasons unknown.

[julietphillips]

"Life sucks, then you die." That sums it up nicely.

[philosophical_aspect.]

As soon as I saw the thumbnail I immediately clicked on it schopenhaur is such a nice philosopher 90% of his philosophies are so true he is one of the only philosophers who cares not about what sounds good but what is actually the truth thank you enzelganger for bringing this video

[polonium]

I have visited Schopenhauer's gravesite at the Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof (Frankfurt Main Cemetery) many times. It is nothing elaborate, compared with the great many memorials in the cemetery. It is an unassuming gravesite, marked off by small hedges and a large flat stone marker on which is written: Arthur Schopenhauer.

No dates are given on the limestone marker.

[joseluislopezguizar]

This channel changed my life. It brought to my attention topics and tools that I would have never known existed. Thank you, Einzelgänger.

[megaflup]

Didn't know about Schoppenhauer, but i was already thinking this way. Exciting to hear about someone who wrote about it.

[aliciasavage]

If suffering outweighs pleasures than one could make the argument that this reality is actually "hell".

[StoryMakerZ]

Schopenhauer's brutal honesty is a breath of fresh air