Schopenhauer#
Summary#
Schopenhauer is presented as a philosopher whose central doctrine that the will is “absolutely and completely known” represents a popular prejudice rather than genuine insight. His claim to immediate certainty through “I will” is dismissed as superstition, while his moral principle of “harm no one, help everyone” is called absurdly false in a world whose essence is Will to Power. The text mocks his inconsistency as a pessimist who nevertheless halts at morality and “plays the flute,” and blames his unintelligent rage against Hegel for severing modern Germany from its philosophical culture.