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Skeptic and Pessimist
@Non_Aggression
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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Skeptic and Pessimist
@Non_Aggression
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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antoine sugar
@joedan346
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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Skeptic and Pessimist
@Non_Aggression
It's my first time I've read him. I consider Schopenhauer a genius. May be you're right about the tweet that can be critical of him but the reason I tweeted was that it seems to me he appreciated the ·"mystical conclusion of his work". May be I was lost in translation !!!
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antoine sugar
@joedan346
Thacker says Schopenhauer's book "is one of the great failures of systematic philosophy" and "ends up crumbling into dubious arguments" and "blah blah blah". It doesn't sound very favorable, to me...
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Skeptic and Pessimist
@Non_Aggression
Thanks for pointing that out. As I was saying my interpretation was that what I tweeted wasn't a real criticism 'cause I thought Thacker didn't believe in systematic philosophy. That's why in my first reply I quoted his opinion on Kant. Anyhow glad you enjoy Schopenhauer ;)
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