Schopenhauer, David Bather Woods

This is the cover of Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist (University of Chicago Press, 2025), by Warwick philosopher David Bather Woods. A leading scholar of Schopenhauer, Bather Woods explores whether pessimism can be a liveable philosophy. The book blends biography with philosophical insight, including a unique chapter on Schopenhauer’s experience of early portrait photography. The cover features the last photo taken of Schopenhauer in 1859—his stern expression a fitting match for his worldview. Warwick’s strength in post-Kantian philosophy is reflected in this and other contributions to The Schopenhauerian Mind.