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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

To be wrecked here, this was also a goal:—Bene navigavi cum naufragium feci … and he translated the “Ring” into Schopenhauerian language.

From The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

But neither is Spinoza a shallow Schopenhauerian pessimist.

From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph

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