His contemplations on his approaching death lead him to be curious about past patients, and especially about his most spectacular failure: Philip Slate, a handsome, arrogant sex addict. The Schopenhauer Cure is a 2005 novel by Irvin D. Yalom, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, an existentialist, and psychotherapist. Citation. When he was not seeing patients, other important projects and activities-writing, teaching, tennis, research-clamored for his attention. A cast of memorably wounded characters struggles to heal pain and change lives in this novel of group therapy by a master therapist and acclaimed writer. The Schopenhauer cure : a novel, 1st ed, c2005, Irvin D. Yalom Julius Hertzfeld is a distinguished psychotherapist when a sudden confrontation with his own mortality forces him to re-examine his life and work. Yalom, I. D. (2005). Abstract. The Schopenhauer Cure Quotes Showing 1-30 of 75 “Life is a miserable thing. As another one of the therapy group members told Philip, “Schopenhauer has cured you, but now you need to be saved from the Schopenhauer cure” … Schopenhauer taught him to isolate himself from the world, and finally years later, one of Philip’s past mistakes corrected him. The hedgehog's dilemma suggests that despite goodwill, human intimacy cannot occur without substantial mutual harm, and what results is cautious behavior and weak relationships. I have decided to spend my life thinking about it.” ― Irvin D. Yalom, The Schopenhauer Cure. Free download or read online The Schopenhauer Cure pdf (ePUB) book. 114 likes. Irvin D. Yalom, M.D., is the author of Loves Executioner, Momma and the Meaning of Life, Lying on the Couch, The Schopenhauer Cure, When Nietzsche Wept, as well as several classic textbooks on psychotherapy, including The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, considered the foremost work on group therapy. ... with the addition of the philosophy of german 19th-century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who claims that "to live is to suffer", inciting the self-knowledge of each individual. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The Schopenhauer Cure By Irvin Yalom ISBN: 9780060938109 Introduction Psychiatrist Julius Hertzfeld learns that he has perhaps one year to live. Author Information. His novel "The Schopenhauer Cure" attempts to integrate fundamental human concerns, the search for love, for meaning in life, and for a way to accept death, with a novelistic portrayal of group therapy. Both Arthur Schopenhauer and Sigmund Freud have used this situation to describe what they feel is the state of the individual in relation to others in society. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 358 pages and is available in Paperback format.