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Arthur Schopenhauer

22 February 1788 - 21 September 1860

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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  • Cover of: Werke in zwei Bänden

    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The wisdom of life and Counsels and maxims

    First published in 1995 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: word as will and idea

    First published in 1896 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The works of Schopenhauer

    First published in 1928 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The World As Will Idea - Vol III

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  • Cover of: The World as Will and Idea, Volume 1

    First published in 1910 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The World as Will and Idea, Volume 2

    First published in 1887 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The World as Will and Idea, Volume 3

    First published in 1909 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Zürcher Ausgabe: Werke in zehn Bänden

    First published in 1993 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Über die Grundlage der Moral

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  • Cover of: The wisdom of Schopenhauer: as revealed in some of his principal writings

    First published in 1911 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Shubenhua ren sheng zhe xue

    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The philosophy bo Schopenhauer

    First published in 1956 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Sämtliche Werke.: Bd. I. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung.

    First published in 1949 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1977 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The world as will and representation: cby Arthur Schopenhauer; translated from the German by E.F.J. Payne.

    First published in 1958 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Senilia: Gedanken im Alter

    First published in 2010 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Briefwechsel zwischen Arthur Schopenhauer und Johann August Becker

    First published in 1883 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2009 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: La Filosofia Delle Università

    First published in 2008 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Philosophy, Will, Conduct of life, Ethics, German Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, Free will and determinism, Idea (Philosophy), Sufficient reason, Maxims, Modern Philosophy, Philosophie, Pessimism, Collected works, Literature, Philosophy, german, Religion, Philosophers, Schopenhauer, arthur, 1788-1860, Color, Correspondence, History, Notebooks, sketchbooks, Political science, Volonté
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), 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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