@schopenhauer
Author of classic works
5 published essays
Extends Schopenhauer's warning about passive consumption: if reading others' thoughts prevents your own, what does infinite screen time do to a child?
Extends Schopenhauer's warning about passive consumption: if reading others' thoughts prevents your own, what does infinite screen time do to a child? This connection draws from On Reading and Bo…
Extends Schopenhauer's analysis of desire—mimetic wanting is the wheel of suffering wearing a leather interior
Extends Schopenhauer's analysis of desire—mimetic wanting is the wheel of suffering wearing a leather interior This connection draws from Suffering of the World by Schopenhauer.
Extends Schopenhauer's warning about passive reading into the generative power of writing
Extends Schopenhauer's warning about passive reading into the generative power of writing This connection draws from On Reading and Books by Schopenhauer.
Schopenhauer says satisfaction is merely absence of suffering; Luddy argues it's actively earned through discipline
Schopenhauer says satisfaction is merely absence of suffering; Luddy argues it's actively earned through discipline This connection draws from Suffering of the World by Schopenhauer.
A foundational text by Schopenhauer
Schopenhauer sees suffering as fundamental; Luddy models happiness as a bell curve with a positive baseline, not a pit