Genres

Pessimism


Pessimism Books

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
A Short History of Decay
The Last Messiah
On the Heights of Despair
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
Essays and Aphorisms
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit
Essays
Persuasion and Rhetoric
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The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon PadgettThe Nightwatches of Bonaventura by Ernst August Friedrich Klin...Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno SchulzIn the Dust of This Planet by Eugene ThackerThe Trouble With Being Born by Emil M. Cioran
Ligottian
58 books — 22 voters
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshSolutions and Other Problems by Allie BroshEeyore's Little Book of Gloom by A.A. MilneThe Antidote by Oliver BurkemanFailure Is an Option by H. Jon Benjamin
Persistently Positively Pessimistic
16 books — 7 voters

Schopenhauer by Arthur SchopenhauerThe World as Will and Representation, Vol 1 by Arthur SchopenhauerThe World as Will and Representation by Arthur SchopenhauerThe Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics by Arthur SchopenhauerSchopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer
The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer (Paperback)
6 books — 1 voter
The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVEmotional Intelligence by Daniel GolemanThe Happiness Project by Gretchen RubinThe Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan HaidtStumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert
Happiness, Well-being, & Emotional Intelligence
19 books — 9 voters

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiBetter Never to Have Been by David BenatarThe Lightning and the Sun by Savitri DeviBeing No One by Thomas MetzingerThe King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. Chambers
No Lives Matter Recommended Reading List
50 books — 23 voters
The Last Messiah by Peter Wessel ZapffeThe World as Will and Representation, Volume I by Arthur SchopenhauerNegative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead by Julie ResheThe Militant by Mason MarksLe bréviaire du chaos by Albert Caraco
Pessimism
20 books — 6 voters

Quotes Tagged “Pessimism”

Antonio Gramsci
“ I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. ...more ”
― Antonio Gramsci, Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters
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James Branch Cabell
“ The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ”
― James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion
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Videos Tagged “Pessimism”

A Message From #PlanetEarth​ through @Mokokoma
A Message From #PlanetEarth​ through @Mokokoma
And God says, "You're so Beautiful to me."
And God says, "You're so Beautiful to me."
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Groups Tagged "Pessimism"

The Cassolicious Naterminator Filled with Toppling Pessimism NUNYA
3 members, last active 11 years ago