The following passage from Schopenhauer first sentence states “ Optimism is at bottom the unmerited self-praise of the world, the will to live, which views itself complacently in it’s works.” What this sentence is trying to say is that every human being should feel sure of the truth that she/he has to the greatest extent assertion to happiness and pleasure. If this does not happen then it will only leave one being to believe that she/he is at fault. She/he would then come to a conclusion that their existence no longer matter. From this happening then one’s being than becomes a denial for the will to live.
The second sentence within the passage states “And accordingly it is not only a false, but a pernicious doctrine.” This sentence means that
The second sentence within the passage states “And accordingly it is not only a false, but a pernicious doctrine.” This sentence means that