Pessimism is the philosophical perspective that most of life is fundamentally awful, with only brief moments of joy that are considered illusions, in contrast to the more common view that life is generally positive with occasional sadness.
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What is pessimism? #philosophy #pessimism #schopenhauerAdded:
a pessimist would say, "Yeah, most of life is awful, but then there are some breaks that they call illusions. There are some breaks of joy."
Listen, I think most people, myself included, would say, you know, "It's usually quite an all right journey with some breaks of sadness." What do you think about that?
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