3| Schopenhauer on Boredom, Loneliness and Compassion- with David Bather Woods

This episode is part two of an interview with Warwick Philosophy's senior teaching fellow David Bather Woods. David has written on Schopenhauer's views on boredom, solitude and loneliness as well as on the intersection of his political and moral philosophy. In this episode we discuss these topics as well as relevant facts and anecdotes from Schopenhauer's life which help to inform our interpretation of these lessons.  Below are some resources written by David for further reading on the topics contained in this podcast: https://medium.com/@d88.woods/living-with-the-unliveable-four-lessons-from-schopenhauer-f9e961cc77f4 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09608788.2018.1527755?journalCode=rbjh20 "Schopenhauer on the state and morality" in https://0-link-springer-com.pugwash.lib.warwick.ac.uk/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-62947-6 Interview conducted and edited by Toby Tremlett.