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Pessimism

Mental attitude and philosophical position that dwells on the dark or gloomy side of things, the world or the universe, culminating in a sense of their vanity and nothingness that is sometimes thought to render them unworthy of existence

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    The politics of pessimism in Ecclesiastes : a social-science prespective / by Mark Ronnie Sneed.

    Sneed, Mark R. | Date: c2012
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    How not to be bitter : a collection of comics / by Sarah Hingley.

    Hingley, Sarah | Date: [20-?]
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    Rainy brain, sunny brain : the new science of optimism and pessimism / Elaine Fox.

    Fox, Elaine, 1963- | Date: 2012
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    The queer art of failure / Judith Halberstam.

    Halberstam, Jack, 1961- | Date: 2011
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    Zur Geschichte und Begründung des Pessimismus / von Eduard von Hartmann.

    Hartmann, Eduard von, 1842-1906. | Date: 1880

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