1 An Infinite Cycle of Suffering: A Bahnsenian Critique of Redemption in Philipp Mainländer’s Theothanatological Work Die Philosophie der Erlösung. “There is no other way. It is humanity’s inexorable, unalterable fate, and happy shall be humanity when it sinks into the arms of Death.” – Philipp Mainländer Felix Porée Degree Title: B.A. (Hons) Philosophy Word Count: 10000