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Arthur Schopenhauer 1788 - 1860
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher,
also nicknamed The Philosopher of Pessimism.
ARTHUR
SCHOPENHAUER'S FAMILY
Arthur Schopenhauer's family was pretty well off financially. His father was
Heinrich Floris Schopenhauer. His mother was
Johanna.
Arthur never married.
ARTHUR
SCHOPENHAUER'S LIFE
Schopenhauer studied at the Universities of Göttingen, Berlin, and Jena.
He discussed life, universe, and everything with German poet
Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe and disputed with co-philosopher
Hegel.
In later life, Arthur Schopenhauer
retired to Frankfurt am Main.
SOME OF ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER'S WORKS
The World as Will and Idea - 1819
(Die Welt als Wille und
Vorstellung)
On the Will in Nature - 1836
(Über den Willen in der Natur)
The World as Will and Idea, Second
edition - 1844
Parerga and Paralipomena - 1851
The World as Will and Idea, Third
edition - 1859
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
1788 - 1860
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