Schopenhauerism
noun
Scho·pen·hauer·ism
plural -s
: the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer who taught that the essential or absolute reality is a blind and restless will manifesting itself as a will to live and that life is an evil to be cured only by overcoming the will to live compare voluntarism
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“Schopenhauerism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Schopenhauerism. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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