Schopenhauerian
- a word derived from Schopenhauer.
Example Sentences
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It is a gloomy, godforsaken land that well suits the Schopenhauerian concept of pessimism with which Wagner suffused his text.
From Time Magazine Archive
A deep respect is due the Schopenhauerian philosopher who looks upon the world, finds that its essence is evil, and turns towards insensitive calm.
From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter
Wotan must needs become a Schopenhauerian; and Siegfried, a pessimist at the close.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
This, like the first part of "The Soothsayer", is obviously a reference to the Schopenhauerian Pessimism.
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
But neither is Spinoza a shallow Schopenhauerian pessimist.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph
