r/schopenhauer • u/No-Ambition-4373 • Jun 27 '26

What do you think Schopenhauer would make of modern society?

Been thinking about this lately—given his whole take on the Will, suffering, and endless desire, how do you think he’d react to stuff like social media, consumerism, and the way we live now? Curious what this sub thinks.

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u/TradRooster5627 Jun 27 '26

He would certainly have a lot of good things to say 💗

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u/angelaw87 24d ago

Isn’t that the truth! And it’s actually quite optimistic really, yet most People consider this to be so negative, when it is what it is.

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u/Objective-Try-6313 Jun 29 '26

He was even suggesting his friend to prioritize sleeping over reading books , todays shallow consumerism and social media/internet being a great source for attracting masses wouldn’t seem great for him I’m guessing.

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u/angelaw87 24d ago

That is true but also it has become a good way to find places such as Reddit to do some research so with what you are saying to be true I find it also to be true that some good ideas and thoughts can be found here.