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Arthur Schopenhauer
AuthorBooks · Second hand1788-1860
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher and writer. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation, which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will. Building on the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that rejected the contemporaneous ideas of German idealism.
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About Arthur Schopenhauer
Birth
1788
Death
1860
First book
1819
Years writing
207
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher and writer. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation, which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will. Building on the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that rejected the contemporaneous ideas of German idealism.
Arthur Schopenhauer was an influential German philosopher known for his atheistic pessimism and philosophical clarity.
At the age of 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, which explored whether human reason is sufficient to understand the world.
His masterpiece, The World as Will and Representation, argues that the will is the fundamental driving force of human beings.
The author argued that physical and emotional desires are inherently insatiable, leading him to propose their negation.
His thought integrated diverse influences, ranging from Greek Stoicism to Eastern philosophies like Buddhism and Vedanta.
