Studies in Pessimism

An avid reader of Arthur Schopenhauer's work may ask why this collection of essays merits the name Studies in Pessimism, which could easily describe anything he wrote. Particularly well known is the piece on suicide, where Schopenhauer argues that suicide should not be taboo and that in many cases it is the answer. These essays are among the best crystallizations of his idea that uncontrolled human will is the driver behind ubiquitous presence of human misery.