Dark matters: pessimism and the problem of suffering

Mara van der Lugt

doi:10.1515/9780691226156

Dark matters: pessimism and the problem of suffering

Mara van der Lugt

Philosophy

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Dark Matters traces the dual traditions of philosophical pessimism and the problem of suffering, from roughly Bayle to Schopenhauer. It argues that pessimism is oriented crucially on a moral aim: to find a way of speaking of suffering that offers consolation and does justice to the fragility of life.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Princeton, NJ
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Number of pages	450
ISBN (Electronic)	9780691226156
ISBN (Print)	9780691206622
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691226156
Publication status	Published - 16 Nov 2021

Keywords

Philosophy
History of ideas
Intellectual history
Theology
Suffering
Pessimism
Problem of evil

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