The Ruins of a Book. Schopenhauer’s The World as Will
and Representation is one of the great failures of systematic philosophy. What begins with the shimmering architectonics of Kant ends up crumbling into dubious arguments, irascible indictments against humanity...
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I guess he doesn't like Schopenhauer
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Not sure about that. This is what he thinks about Kant: "I keep returning to Kant, but for the opposite reason. Each time I read, & witness the scintillating & austere construction of a system, I cannot help but to feel a certain sadness the edifice itself is somehow depressing."
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I guess he doesn't like Kant, either lol
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Funny ;) I don't know this guy too much but from the only book I read "Cosmic Pessimism", I think Schopenhauer is somehow highly considered by him...
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Well, that's a pretty scathing indictment of Schopenhauer that you tweeted. I love Schopenhauer's World as Will..., especially the 3rd and 4th books.
I've never read Thacker.
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