Term

pessimism

A view in which a person sees evil first of all in the world and expects nothing good from life.

The Will to Believe, William James

Explained in

• The Will to Believe, William James
• The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer, Elizabeth Blackburn, Elissa Epel

  The tendency to expect the worst outcome and prepare for it in advance.

• The Gay Science, Friedrich Nietzsche

  The view that suffering outweighs everything else in life. This was how the philosopher Schopenhauer saw the world, and Nietzsche deliberately argues against him.

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