>ITT: we discuss what would be different had Wagner never found Schopenhauer.

[Anonymous No.16899360]

I'll begin.

>"Wagner read through Schopenhauer’s The World as Will and Representation several times, well after he had already written several operas as well as his important early books on opera theory. After reading Schopenhauer (beginning in 1854 when Nietzsche was a church-going ten year old), Wagner’s previously held view—that the different, individual arts enjoyed a state of basic equality within the Gesamtkunstwerk—came to an end."
>Wagner continues to be a revolutionary to the end of his life and retains his Pantheistic worldview.

[Anonymous No.16899522]

>>16899360
>what would be different had Wagner never found Schopenhauer
Very little. If you look closely, Wagner was quite a Schopenhauerian before even reading Schopenhauer. The only difference it made is that it probably made him more aware of himself and his already held beliefs (notice that Goethe had the same view). In general, artistic genius has a sense of callousness towards the world around him, as all that matters is his own perceptions and visions. What Schopenhauer did was to make Wagner more conscious of his nature.

[Anonymous No.16899628]

>>16899522
FPBP