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Schopenhauer is relentlessly and thoughtlessly situated among the gloomy or pessimistic philosophers. I find his gimlet-eyed insights into the nature of existence refreshingly brave. Now if he were to only stop at a penetrating analysis of the suffering of human existence, he might well be considered gloomy. But close readings of Schopenhauer, including this essay, reflect a formula for living and coping that is more peaceful, compassionate, and tolerant that found in many religious teachings. At the end of this essay, for example, he urges us to see our fellow human beings as fellow sufferers and to treat each other with “tolerance, patience, forbearance, and charity, which each of us needs and which each of us therefore owes.” That’s a pretty good prescription for living and coexisting with the world.