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Originally Posted by StAnselm  I wouldn't recommend Schopenhauer: probably the most pessimestic, anti-LOA philosophy you could ever read. |
I read a little Schopenhauer before. No, personally I do not agree with your take on him.
His essays provide quite interesting insights into LOA actually. In fact Schopenhauer struck me as somewhat Buddhist (and yet not quite).
My main takeaway from Schopenhauer is that people have "will" - a term which he uses in a way similar to that "desire" or "craving" is used in Buddhism.
In the Schopenhauer framework, "will" ultimately has pessimistic connotations, because "will" leads nowhere fruitful.
Buddhism however is a more profound approach, explaining how "will" (or desire) arises from "attachment", and then explaining how "attachment" arises from "ignorance" -
and "ignorance", in the Buddhist context, means ignorance of the true nature of reality, taking us full circle back to the LOA again.
Anyway I have to run now, be back later .... Bye!