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Pessimism Books
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,750 ratings — published 2011
The Trouble With Being Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,573 ratings — published 1973
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,334 ratings — published 2006
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,297 ratings — published 1818
A Short History of Decay (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,034 ratings — published 1949
The Last Messiah (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,708 ratings — published 1933
On the Heights of Despair (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,557 ratings — published 1934
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,929 ratings — published 2011
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
by (shelved 22 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.67 — 527 ratings — published 2015
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.00 — 871 ratings — published
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,249 ratings — published 1890
Essays and Aphorisms (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,211 ratings — published 1851
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.19 — 184 ratings — published 2006
Persuasion and Rhetoric (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.25 — 380 ratings — published 1910
Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.35 — 445 ratings — published 1933
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,062 ratings — published 2002
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,492 ratings — published 1844
The Temptation to Exist (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,438 ratings — published 1956
Infinite Resignation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.96 — 449 ratings — published 2018
Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.41 — 106 ratings — published 2016
The Philosophy of Redemption (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 311 ratings — published 1876
On the Suffering of the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,293 ratings — published 1850
The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 16,419 ratings — published 1973
Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 454 ratings — published 2013
Starry Speculative Corpse (Horror of Philosophy, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.89 — 558 ratings — published 2015
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.39 — 38,880 ratings — published 1982
Tentacles Longer Than Night (Horror of Philosophy, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.96 — 373 ratings — published 2015
History and Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,632 ratings — published 1960
Journey to the End of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 48,879 ratings — published 1932
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,414 ratings — published 2013
The Philosophy of Disenchantment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.03 — 71 ratings — published 1885
Half Empty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.81 — 6,407 ratings — published 2010
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 270,005 ratings — published 1948
The Anatomy of Negation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.10 — 31 ratings — published
The New Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,142 ratings — published 1969
Keeping Ourselves in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 61 ratings — published 2015
Canti (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.38 — 3,285 ratings — published 1845
Good News, Bad News (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,796 ratings — published 2012
Teatro Grottesco (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,039 ratings — published 2006
Tears and Saints (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,491 ratings — published 1937
Confessions of an Antinatalist (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.75 — 157 ratings — published 2010
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.43 — 566,884 ratings — published 1899
Happiness is for the Pigs: Philosophy vs Psychotherapy (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.36 — 33 ratings — published
Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.76 — 346 ratings — published 2007
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.84 — 225,740 ratings — published 1951
المياه كلها بلون الغرق (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.73 — 4,999 ratings — published 1952
On the Tragic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 54 ratings — published 1941
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,266,014 ratings — published 1963
Tragic Sense of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,501 ratings — published 1912
Pessimism: A History and a Criticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 2006
“Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.”
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“I wish to weep
but sorrow is
stupid.
I wish to believe
but belief is a
graveyard.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
but sorrow is
stupid.
I wish to believe
but belief is a
graveyard.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
