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>>13936071

Schopenhauer was wrong in his righteousness.

He is correct on everything he says, but he cares too much about them. That's why he is called the most negativistic philosopher, because of phrases like "Happiness is only the short relief of pain" and "The meaning of life is to relieve of pain" which basically means that "Happiness is the meaning of life", yet if you told him that he would deny it.

In my opinion he is ridiculous. He obviously had depression, and that's a reason for him to be sad, but yet he always refused to accept that there are people who can enjoy life no matter how harsh it may be. As Zapffe once defined as Sublimation, ignoring such negative outlets and focusing on the positive ones.