Reflexões sobre a existência humana em Arthur Schopenhauer

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Abstract: This article, as a Final Paper for the Licentiate Degree in Philosophy at PUC Goiás, aims to present synthetically the aspects of Arthur Schopenhauer's work pertaining to the human experience of his own existence. By presenting what this author thinks about the relationship between pain, pleasure and happiness, the relationship between boredom and desire, the relationship between personal and universal pain and the relationship between love and sexuality, the elements are brought together to make Schopenhauerian pessimism regarding the meaning or lack of meaning in human life is understandable. This set of theoretical elements is, in turn, mobilized to synthetically present the way in which the author compares and evaluates the fundamental propositions of three great religions, Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism, regarding the fundamental themes of justification and intelligibility of the human existence, those first addressed.