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Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher known for his atheistic pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which examined the fundamental question of whether reason alone can unlock answers about the world.

Schopenhauer's most influential work, The World as Will and Representation, emphasized the role of man's basic motivation, which Schopenhauer called will. His analysis of will led him to the conclusion that emotional, physical, and sexual desires can never be fulfilled. Consequently, he favored a lifestyle of negating human desires, similar to the teachings of ancient Greek Stoic philosophers, Buddhism, and Vedanta.

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German philosopher (1788–1860)

Born 22 February 1788
Died 21 September 1860

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  • Cover of: On the Fourfold Root of the Principles of Sufficient Reason (The Open Court library of philosophy)

    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: On the principle of sufficient reason

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  • Cover of: On the will in nature: a discussion of the corroborations from the empirical sciences that the author's philosophy has received since its first appearance

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Over de vrouwen

    First published in 1893 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Parabolas Aforismos y Comparaciones

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    First published in 1961 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays Volume I: Parerga

    First published in 1980 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays Volume II: Paralipomena

    First published in 1980 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Parerga y Paralipomena I

    First published in 2007 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Pensamiento, palabras y música

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  • Cover of: philosphy of Schopenhauer

    First published in 1956 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Preisschrift über die Grundlage der Moral: mit einer Einleitung, Bibliographie und Registern

    First published in 1979 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Schopenhauer-Briefe: Sammlung meist ungedruckter oder schwer zugänglicher Briefer von, an und über Schopenhauer : mit Anmerkungen und biographischen Analekten

    First published in 1893 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Schopenhauer et ses disciples: d'après ses conversations et sa correspondance.

    First published in 1920 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Schopenhauers Brieftasche, 1822-1823

    First published in 1922 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Au-delà de la philosophie universitaire

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  • Cover of: Die Kunst, sich selbst zu erkennen

    First published in 2006 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: wisdom of life: being the first part of Arthur Schopenhauer's Aphorismen zur lebensweisheit

    First published in 1891 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: World as will and representation.

    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Aforismos Sobre El Arte de Saber Vivir

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German philosopher (1788–1860)

Born 22 February 1788
Died 21 September 1860
Subjects
Philosophy, Will, Conduct of life, Ethics, German Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, Idea (Philosophy), Free will and determinism, Maxims, Sufficient reason, Modern Philosophy, Philosophie, Pessimism, Literature, Collected works, Correspondence, Philosophers, Philosophy, german, Religion, Schopenhauer, arthur, 1788-1860, Volonté, Color, Dialectic, History, Idée (Philosophie)
Places
Germany, De guo, Europe, Alemanha, Deutsch, de guo
People
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Will Durant (1885-), Adele Schopenhauer (1797-1849), Edgar Sheffield Brightman (1884-1953), Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), Heinrich Floris Schopenhauer (1747?-1805), Irwin Edman (1896-), Irwin Edman (1896-1954), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Johanna Schopenhauer (1766-1838), John Locke (1632-1704), R. B. Haldane Haldane Viscount (1856-1928), Schopenhauer, Shu ben hua (1788-1860), Shu, ben hua (1788-1860)
Time
19th century, jin dai, 1851, 18th century, 19e siècle, Early works to 1900, antiquity to mid-20th century

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November 12, 2021 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten links
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August 27, 2019 Edited by Camillo Pellizzari Edited without comment.
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