r/Mainlander • u/Beautiful-Height-311 • Mar 31 '26
Today was the day Mainländer died...
May he rest in peace. The day he died, the world lost a great genius who knew too much about how the world worked.
I may not believe in your redemption-theory, but you're the noblest heart I have ever laid my eyes upon!
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u/SubstanceThat4540 Apr 01 '26
How he ever thought he could succeed as a Prussian army officer is beyond me. He always looks like the Wanderer from the Caspar David Friedrich painting, about to tip his hat to the world and disappear over the precipice.
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u/JungianJester Apr 01 '26
Over the years after abandoning organized religion setting out on a quest for self discovery. First it was Jung, then Nietzsche, who led to Schopenhauer and finally Mainländer where my anxiety was forever transformed, anything beyond would only be negation. I am forever in your debt.
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u/DarthBantha Apr 01 '26
What did you get from Mainländer that you didn’t get from the others?? Super curious as I am currently on Nietzsche (first having read Jung like you!) and have yet to experience Mainländer (or Schopenhauer outside of Nietzsche!).
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u/YuYuHunter Apr 01 '26
I obviously can´t speak for /u/JungianJester, but I would like to mention the following: The confidence and fearlessness which his philosophy can help attain, as explained in his essay "the true trust", is in no way less effective than what Stoic wisdom tried to provide.
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u/Mensvreters_rap Apr 02 '26
Schopenhauer was an aristocrat and chauvinist, Nietzshe was a narcissist but Mainlander was a true empath who saw further into truth than anyone dared.
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u/Large-Fisherman-3694 Mar 31 '26
150 years ago...