Schopenhauerism

Schopenhauerism is a term for the personal philosophy of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. Building on the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that rejected the contemporaneous ideas of German idealism. He was among the first thinkers in Western philosophy to share and affirm significant tenets of Indian philosophy, such as Asceticism, denial of the self, and the notion of the world-as-appearance. His work has been described as an exemplary manifestation of philosophical pessimism.

Friends

 * [[File:DepressionMale.png]] Depressionism - "Human life must be some kind of mistake. The truth of this will be sufficiently obvious if we only remember that man is a compound of needs and necessities hard to satisfy; and that even when they are satisfied, all he obtains is a state of painlessness, where nothing remains to him but abandonment to boredom."
 * [[File:Bud_icon.png]] Buddhism - I named my dog after your founder.
 * [[File:Kant.png]] Kantianism - The greatest of philosophers. Although you have some flaws.
 * [[File:Utility.png]] Utilitarianism - “Compassion is the basis of morality.”
 * [[File:Psychoanalysis.png]] Psychoanalysis - "Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills."

Enemies

 * [[File:HegelianPhilosophy.png]] Hegelianism - Damn you charlatan! How are you more popular than me!
 * [[File:Nation.png]] - "The cheapest form of pride however is national pride. For it betrays in the one thus afflicted the lack of individual qualities of which he could be proud, while he would not otherwise reach for what he shares with so many millions."
 * [[File:Optimism.png]] Optimism - “Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its aim and object. Starting from this, everyone then believes he has the most legitimate claim to happiness and enjoyment. If, as usually happens, these do not fall to his lot, he believes that he suffers an injustice, in fact that he misses the whole point of his existence.”