This author used a conversation in the pit of La Scala as a metaphor in a discussion of the debate between theism and pantheism, the latter of which he argues “says nothing.” This philosopher proposed compassion as the source of morality in a long essay that an angry Hegelian (“huh-GAIL-ee-in”) rejected from a contest in which it was the only submission. In the first of the three volumes of his longest book, this author of (-5[1])On the Basis of Morality (-5[1])proposes a hierarchy of the arts in which he places (10[1])music at the top. (10[1])This philosopher claimed that, contra Leibniz, we live in the worst of all possible worlds (-5[1])in a book that also praises (10[1])the Upanishads. (10[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this German pessimist who wrote (10[1])The World (10[1])as Will and Representation. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])