The Big Books of Fall
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Pessimism


Pessimism Books

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
The Trouble With Being Born
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence
The Last Messiah
A Short History of Decay
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
On the Heights of Despair
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
Essays and Aphorisms
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit
Persuasion and Rhetoric
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiBetter Never to Have Been by David BenatarThe Lightning and the Sun by Savitri DeviBeing No One by Thomas MetzingerThe King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. Chambers
No Lives Matter Recommended Reading List
51 books — 24 voters
Schopenhauer by Arthur SchopenhauerThe World as Will and Representation, Vol 1 by Arthur SchopenhauerThe World as Will and Representation by Arthur SchopenhauerThe Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics by Arthur SchopenhauerSchopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer
The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer (Paperback)
6 books — 1 voter

The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon PadgettSanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno SchulzThe Nightwatches of Bonaventura by Ernst August Friedrich Klin...In the Dust of This Planet by Eugene ThackerThe Trouble With Being Born by Emil M. Cioran
Ligottian
58 books — 22 voters
Vigil by George SaundersThe Gate by Natsume SōsekiHouse of Splendid Isolation by Edna O'BrienHomesickness by Colin BarrettNever Say Never, Never Say Always by Susan S. Warner
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition III
103 books — 6 voters

Quotes Tagged “Pessimism”

Samuel Beckett
“ POZZO: I am blind. (Silence.) ESTRAGON: Perhaps he can see into the future. ”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
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Arthur Schopenhauer
“ Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will. Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills. ”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms
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Videos Tagged “Pessimism”

Learning from Tagore's songs - Sugata Bose Part II [3 / 5]
Learning from Tagore's songs - Sugata Bose Part II [3 / 5]
And God says, "You're so Beautiful to me."
And God says, "You're so Beautiful to me."
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Groups Tagged "Pessimism"

The Cassolicious Naterminator Filled with Toppling Pessimism NUNYA
3 members, last active 12 years ago