I'm sure you have all noticed this from various comment boards to Reddit and 4chan. "I'm a Christian but (communist bullshit)" or "I was a Republican but (more communist bullshit)". It never turns out well, the atheists will still say youre an idiot as will progressives. Why placate them? Why does nobody stand up for their beliefs? Are we that scared of cancel culture or are we just that scared of possibly offending someone? Who will be the first to say, "This is what I think. Dont like it? Tough titties, now get out of my way".
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They were, yes.
Schopenhauer was the Obi-Wan to Nietzsche's Anakin, in that Nietzsche was angsty and angry and wanted to change the world, where Schopenhauer just wanted to be right.
His effect on philosophy was basically... to kill Kant. Figuratively of course, but kill really isn't strong enough. He eviscerated Kant, burned his pieces, and then pissed on the ashes. But he didn't build anything to replace Kant. That fell to Nietzsche. I think maybe Schopenhauer simply couldn't pull himself to go the next step because he understood what the result could be.
Anyway, perhaps the most insightful thing Schopenhauer did have to contribute was that he felt the only pure artistic expression of will is music. All other forms of art are subjective.