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Pessimism Books
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.03 — 9,062 ratings — published 2011
The Trouble With Being Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.08 — 10,675 ratings — published 1973
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,166 ratings — published 2006
A Short History of Decay (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,749 ratings — published 1949
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.22 — 10,939 ratings — published 1818
The Last Messiah (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,318 ratings — published 1933
On the Heights of Despair (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,108 ratings — published 1934
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
by (shelved 22 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.71 — 500 ratings — published 2015
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,842 ratings — published 2011
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.01 — 820 ratings — published
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.20 — 182 ratings — published 2006
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,181 ratings — published 1890
Essays and Aphorisms (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,920 ratings — published 1851
Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.35 — 442 ratings — published 1933
Persuasion and Rhetoric (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.27 — 351 ratings — published 1910
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,940 ratings — published 2002
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.25 — 5,404 ratings — published 1844
On the Suffering of the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,083 ratings — published 1850
The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 15,464 ratings — published 1973
Infinite Resignation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.01 — 415 ratings — published 2018
Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.42 — 98 ratings — published 2016
The Temptation to Exist (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,320 ratings — published 1956
Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.07 — 447 ratings — published 2013
History and Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,577 ratings — published 1960
Starry Speculative Corpse (Horror of Philosophy, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 537 ratings — published 2015
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.40 — 36,498 ratings — published 1982
Tears and Saints (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,404 ratings — published 1937
The New Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,082 ratings — published 1969
Tentacles Longer Than Night (Horror of Philosophy, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.94 — 359 ratings — published 2015
Journey to the End of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 46,889 ratings — published 1932
The Philosophy of Redemption (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.15 — 269 ratings — published 1876
The Philosophy of Disenchantment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.99 — 70 ratings — published 1885
Half Empty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.81 — 6,382 ratings — published 2010
Confessions of an Antinatalist (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.77 — 154 ratings — published 2010
The Anatomy of Negation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.10 — 29 ratings — published
Keeping Ourselves in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.95 — 56 ratings — published 2015
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,378 ratings — published 2013
Canti (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.38 — 3,144 ratings — published 1845
Good News, Bad News (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,779 ratings — published 2012
Teatro Grottesco (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,756 ratings — published 2006
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.95 — 237,849 ratings — published 1948
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.43 — 550,467 ratings — published 1899
Happiness is for the Pigs: Philosophy vs Psychotherapy (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.45 — 33 ratings — published
Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.75 — 331 ratings — published 2007
المياه كلها بلون الغرق (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.74 — 4,863 ratings — published 1952
Om det tragiske (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.25 — 44 ratings — published 1941
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,180,032 ratings — published 1963
On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.08 — 383 ratings — published 1976
Tragic Sense of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,296 ratings — published 1912
Pessimism: A History and a Criticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 2006
“If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.”
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“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”
― The Silver Stallion
― The Silver Stallion
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