The Optimism in Arthur Schopenhauer’s Pessimistic Philosophy

Nothing Matters And It’s Great.

Nothing seems real,

I can’t feel,

Perhaps everything is but an illusion.

Maybe all there is, is just a Will.

These words descended upon me this morning like angel dust. After they’ve settled and I had a moment of silence with them, I immediately thought of one of my favourite Philosophers :

Mr Arthur Schonpenhuaer.

I thought of him because my epiphany reminded me of his most famous work:

“The World as Will and Representation”

In a nutshell, it is the idea that the world as you know it is simply a representation created by your mind.

For example, I might perceive the colour blue as Blue because that is how my mind has represented it in my reality. But you see, I can never be sure if your representation of the colour blue in your reality is the same as mine.
(if you’ve ever wondered if your blue is indeed the same as someone else’s blue, let me know by giving this article a quick clap👏!)

Building on this thought, this suggests that the colour blue could potentially…