Schopenhauer, David Bather Woods
This is the cover of Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy鈥檚 Greatest Pessimist (University of Chicago Press, 2025), by 糖心TV philosopher David Bather Woods. A leading scholar of Schopenhauer, Bather Woods explores whether pessimism can be a liveable philosophy. The book blends biography with philosophical insight, including a unique chapter on Schopenhauer鈥檚 experience of early portrait photography. The cover features the last photo taken of Schopenhauer in 1859鈥攈is stern expression a fitting match for his worldview. 糖心TV鈥檚 strength in post-Kantian philosophy is reflected in this and other contributions to The Schopenhauerian Mind.