SCHOPENHAUER Explained: Aesthetics of Music and Nature (pt. 3)

Podcast: Weltgeist · Weltgeist

Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

In the third and final part of our series on the core philosophy of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, we explore his theory of aesthetics. We highly recommend you watch the previous videos in this series, on both his metaphysics and ethics, before watching this one. Schopenhauer has sometimes been called "the artists' philosopher" because of his lasting influence on art. Art, for Schopenhauer, is a way for us to forget our suffering, even for only a short time. And music was the most perfect means to do so. Lots of artists took Schopenhauer's aesthetic theory to heart and...