Nietzsche Debates Schopenhauer’s Philosophy of Denial
Nietzsche’s critique of Schopenhauer centers on a fundamental clash between life-denial and life-affirmation. While Schopenhauer viewed the world as inherently suffering and advocated resignation, asceticism, and the denial of the will as the path to liberation, Nietzsche rejected this as a symptom of decadence. He argued that Schopenhauer’s pessimism, though seemingly rational, was rooted in a nihilistic …
