Arthur Schopenhauer. The world is as a will and a performance. Aphorisms of everyday wisdom. Eristic

Arthur Schopenhauer is an outstanding German philosopher -irrationalist, a bright representative of the post -classical philosophy of the 19th century. The thinker, whose teaching is often called pessimistic philosophy, considered the human life a meaningless, and the existing world - the worst of the possible worlds. The world in Schopenhauer is an “arena strewn with coals” through which a person has to go. The driving force of everything is the will to life, which generates desires. But even if desires are satisfied, a person is not able to experience happiness, instead of this, saturation and boredom are waiting for him, and then new desires and suffering.
This publication contains the most significant and popular works of the philosopher: “World as will and representation”, “Aphorisms of worldly wisdom” and “Eristry, or the art of winning disputes”. Philosophical treatises perfectly reflect the philosophical position of the author and give the reader the opportunity to evaluate the creative heritage of Schopenhauer