Foreign thinker
Peter Wessel Zapffe
Peter Wessel ZapffePhilosophy of pessimism and existentialismNorwegian1899–1990
"Excessive human consciousness is the source of suffering and alienation from the world."
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Peter Wessel Zapffe was a Norwegian philosopher, writer, humorist, lawyer, and mountaineer. He is best known for his philosophical pessimism, tragic view of the human condition, and defense of a form of antinatalism.
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On the Tragic
