What do you think of Schopenhauer?

I like stoicism but have never been 100% on board.

I am, however, finding Schopenhauer more and more appealing. I am not smart at all. I’m sure my IQ is only average if not below.

I have to read other people’s explanations of him to grasp it. If what I understand about his metaphysics(?) is true, then I’m not sold on it. But I have been able to read his more anecdotal stuff and I find it hard to argue with.

He seems to think happiness is not a thing in itself but the absence of pain, which is our default. And that the fight and effort for this happiness tends to outweigh the happiness itself, and so it is better to simply minimize pain than to increase pleasure.

The appeal for me here is also that it seems attainable, unlike the stoic sage. But I was curious what other people here thought of him. Are there things stoics can take from him? Are the things a Schopenhauer-ian(?) can take from stoics?