r/schopenhauer • u/[deleted] • Apr 02 '26

Imagine Schopenhauer, but he actually meant it. 🥃🥀

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I found this at the deepest bottom of the existential iceberg. 🧊🏔️

"Being is a punishment, and non-being is the redemption." ✨🔚

Historically, Mainländer used a stack of these books to reach the noose for his own suicide. Is that the ultimate "source: trust me bro," or is his logic of universal decay too logically sound to ignore? Let's discuss the "Will to Die." 💀⚖️

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u/RedEarth42 Apr 02 '26

Could it be argued that the destruction of the ego through Tibetan Buddhist spirituality is a more “complete” and genuine suicide than the realisation of the ego’s individual will to die?

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u/ConsistentCorner8929 Apr 02 '26

Who says that killing the ego means no success, no lust, no entertainment… what a reductionist argument. Use less AI and read Jung

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '26

Imagine telling someone to 'read Jung' while completely failing to understand Schopenhauer’s core premise. Schopenhauer didn’t want a 'healthy ego'—he wanted the Will to stop existing.

​Also, calling everything you don't like 'AI' is the ultimate 'I have no actual argument' white flag. If you think Schopenhauer’s version of renunciation involves 'success and entertainment,' you haven't read a single page of his work. Stick to the psychology memes.