The purpose of this essay is not to defend pessimism because it is indefensible, but because it is inevitable, unavoidable, and imperishable. Yet, across cultures, it is considered a vice; a sign of bad character, a deviation from the natural, a sin against religious hope, or even a kind of madness.
This bias is deeply ingrained; where its linguistic binary, optimism, evokes the sunny resolve of a Voltairean Candide, who insists we “cultivate our garden” in the “best of all possible worlds,” pessimism is cast as the unwelcome guest, speaking of meaninglessness, boredom, and a profound absence of fulfilment. The point, however, is not to negate optimism but to reclaim pessimism’s essential nature.
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