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Pessimism
I was urged by a fellow philosophy student and friend in Nottingham to try my hand at Schopenhauer, and so I decided to give it a go. I'm not too sure if I've captured his likeness exactly the way I imagined, but there is something interesting about this effort. I started with a perfect circle for the head, as an experiment. ¶ I really don't know too much about Schopenhauer except that he was influenced by Kant and that he is known for his pessimism. I recently read that his mother disliked him for his gloomy outlook. That can't be healthy. ¶ This illustration most recently appeared on the cover of a Spanish translation of The World as Will and Representation. |
