>be philosopher
>realize life is absolutely meaningless
>write a book about it
>publish it
>get copies of newly published said book, stack them, climb up on them and use them as a platform to hang yourself
What can Veeky Forums tell me about Philipp Mainländer, and his "The Philosophy of Redemption"?
Or does all his fans just hang themselves too?
lol did he actually do that?
yeah
wikiwand.com
>Mainländer proclaims that life is absolutely worthless, and that "the will, ignited by the knowledge that non-being is better than being, is the supreme principle of morality.
>on the night on April 1, 1876, Mainländer hanged himself in his residence in Offenbach, using a pile of copies of The Philosophy of Redemption (which had arrived the previous day from his publisher) as a platform. He was thirty-four years old.
he did have a mental collapse too though, believing he was "the messiah of social democracy" and shit
Got damn. Imagine if someone with this mentality got in a position of high power.
>Mainländer proclaims that life is absolutely worthless, and that "the will, ignited by the knowledge that non-being is better than being, is the supreme principle of morality.
Thats basically "it would be better if it was no life and nuking this planet is the morally right thing to do"
Nah people like him are just depressed and want to die, not make the decision for others.
Megalomanic narcissists like Trump or Putin are far more dangerous.
Crazy. All of that because of a mere chemical imbalance.
Unironically: yes.
Just take your fucking pills and stop pretending you're deep and different user. Damnit.
Is the most patrician and poetic way someone's ever offed themselves?
Possibly, definitely.
While I respect his way out, his philosophy was beyond retarded.
reminds of that one sophist who was so good at preaching for non-existence that was prohibited to expose his theories because the young people of Athens were starting to kill themselves after listening to his lectures. What was his name?
Anyways, baby's first existencialism and not even a decent answer to it