{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"David Bather Woods - Can Pessimism Save Us? Schopenhauer\u2019s Surprising Message About Life  | STM Podcast #246","description":"On episode 246, we welcome David Bather Woods to discuss the life and philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, how his father\u2019s suicide shaped his beliefs about suicide, suffering as the source of compassion, happiness as the negation of pain, Schopenhauer\u2019s anti-slavery sentiment, his difficult relationship with Marxist thought and its thinkers, whether writing about changing the world for the better can be enough, why he believed life was worth living, and whether it\u2019s fair to judge his philosophy by his life and choices. David Bather Woods is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is coeditor with Timothy Stoll of The Schopenhauerian Mind. He has contributed chapters to The Proustian Mind, Schopenhauer\u2019s Moral Philosophy, and The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. His new book, available November 18, 2025, is called Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy\u2019s Greatest Pessimist. | David Bather Woods | \u25ba Website | https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/fac\/soc\/philosophy\/people\/woods \u25ba Twitter | https:\/\/x.com\/dbatherwoods \u25ba Instagram | https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/all_academic \u25ba Bluesky| https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/davidbatherwoods.bsky.social \u25ba Arthur Schopenhauer Book | https:\/\/bit.ly\/ArthurSchopenhauerBiography Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | \u25ba Facebook | https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SeizeTheMoment \u25ba Twitter | https:\/\/twitter.com\/seize_podcast \u25ba Instagram | https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seizethemoment \u25ba TikTok | https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@seizethemomentpodcast &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Seize the Moment Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/seizethemomentpodcast.libsyn.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38967405\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/195269805"}