Schopenhauer on the Inevitability of Unhappiness

In Bart Vandenabeele, A Companion to Schopenhauer. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 300–313 (2011)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Schopenhauer on the Inevitability of Suffering Criticisms of Schopenhauer's Thesis that to Desire Is to Suffer The Unattainability of True Satisfaction The Inevitability of Boredom The Negative Nature of Pleasure and Satisfaction Happiness and Well‐Being Degrees of Unhappiness: The Possibility of Amelioration The Paradox of the Suspension or Negation of the Will The Inevitability of Unhappiness References Further Reading.

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