Bleakest philosopher?
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I was going to do a survey: Cioran, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche or Land. But then i realised there's too many options for bleakness. Cioran is up there for me, but perhaps too obvious? His bleakness is a little too witty and short, doesn't cause a crisis.
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Yeah, Cioran is the obvious direction.
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Seconding Cioran and his milieu. Ligotti is right up there despite only having one non fiction book afaik. On a slightly tangential note, depending on your intuitions I think Benatar can be interpreted as incredibly bleak.
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Agreed with the Benatar. Not bleak in style but bleak in conclusions.
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Agreed in the Ligotti addition, Conspiracy Against the Human Race is the king of bleakness. Still feel like we're missing someone though.
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Eugene Thacker is also in this mix. In The Dust of This Planet is pretty damn dark. I skew towards more contemporary thinkers though, I hope this thread gets some traction.
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