Abstract: Based on the agreement that the existence of individual life is,to some extent,tragic,Hegel,Schopenhauer and Nietzsche’s searches for the significance of individual life become a spiral loop.Hegel is idealistic and optimistic;Schopenhauer says no to will;and Nietzsche places hope in creative transcendence on the basis of affirming the “will”.This cognition will help people to see the point that it is cruel to grasp the relationship between the whole and the individual when questioning the significance of individual life.

Key words: individual life, significance, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche