sentences:  Because he feels the "weltschmerz" of being, he is fueled even further by empathy and compassion.Bahnsen was critical of ""hedonistic"" pessimism - the position that the pains of the world outnumber its pleasures in quality and quantity.Once more, the philosopher reasserted his convictions regarding individualism and claimed that such a calculus was impossible to make, as it would measure each individual differently.