Pessimism


The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
The Trouble With Being Born
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
The Last Messiah
A Short History of Decay
On the Heights of Despair
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
Essays and Aphorisms
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit
Persuasion and Rhetoric
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
Antonio Gramsci
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. ...more
Antonio Gramsci, Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters

Tamar Myers
I will be the first to admit that I am a pessimist by nature. It is, after all, the wisest way to be. We pessimists have everything to gain, whereas optimists have a fifty-fifty chance of being disappointed.
Tamar Myers, As the World Churns

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