At APSA, Prof. Patrick Deneen had a critique of Prof. Dienstag’s Pessimism, which I have discussed many times before, and of philosophical pessimism itself.   He said: Memory and hope, Christopher Lasch argued – and not pessimism – are the proper antidotes to optimism. I agree with this, or at least I almost agree.  Pessimism seems to me to be … Continue reading Pessimism, Again