Nothing Will Improve — Julius Bahnsen

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Can truth exist without comfort? Can life be fully seen without collapsing into despair?
In this video, we enter the thought-world of Julius Bahnsen, the forgotten father of tragic pessimism, and the first philosopher to claim that contradiction is not just part of life — it is life. Unlike Nietzsche’s heroic will or Schopenhauer’s silent renunciation, Bahnsen leaves us with no redemption, no escape, and no lies.
We explore his philosophy through five painful yet lucid layers: the structure of suffering, the myth of progress, the collapse of the will, the cruelty of morality, and the final aesthetic of despair.
Referenced works:
– Julius Bahnsen, Contributions to Characterology (1867)
– Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation (1818)
– Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society (2010)
– Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory (1951)
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