The following is a list of philosophers who have notably expressed philosophically pessimistic views in their works and contributed to its history.
List Image Name Date of birth Date of death Nationality
German
American
— South African Stewart-Kroeker, Peter (2023). Nihilism: Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Now. Open Philosophy 6 (1):178-95.
— British Indian Casey, M. (2019) “Book Review: Discomfort and Moral Impediment by Julio Cabrera (Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2019)”, Dianoia: The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Boston College, (VI), pp. 91–97. doi: 10.6017/dupjbc.v6i1.11741. 1944 — Argentinian
French Caraco, Albert (1982). Le bréviaire du chaos (in French).
French-Uruguayan
Romanian
— British
Greek
? — American
Spanish Tripathi, R. L. (2025). The Paradox Of Human Existence: Pessimism, Meaning And The Limits Of Progress. International Journal of Creative Thoughts Research 13 (6):19.
— English
German
— German
Persian
Italian
— American al-Ma'arri
Arab
German
Italian
German
German
French
German
German
? — American
Norwegian-Canadian
Spanish
Norwegian
References Herman Tønnessen - Happiness is for the Pigs: Philosophy versus Psychotherapy (1966)