The World as Will and Representation (Gomai Classic)

When he finished this book, Schopenhauer was only 28 years old. This philosopher, known as deeply sad and pessimistic, conquered countless descendants with his voluntarism and melancholy tone. He believed that "life is like a pendulum, swinging between pain and fatigue... When people attribute all pain to hell, then only fatigue is left in heaven." This philosophical masterpiece, which later influenced Nietzsche, Wagner, Thomas Mann and even existentialism, contains the core details of Schopenhauer's philosophy. He spent his long life afterwards just explaining or supplementing this work. Regarding the years that have long been ignored by people, he said: If it's not that I am not worthy of this era, then this era is not worthy of me. Today, his name has become synonymous with great philosophy. Time has proven that his era is not worthy of him. Nietzsche, Tolstoy, Kafka, Einstein, Wagner, Freud... They are all admirers of Schopenhauer. This philosopher, known as the most pessimistic, conquered countless descendants with his voluntarism and melancholy tone, thus lighting up the glorious years of human thought.