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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: Essays and aphorisms

    First published in 1970 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The wisdom of life: and other essays

    First published in 1888 34 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition wisdomoflifebein00schorich Cover of edition aphorismessurlas00scho Cover of edition wisdomoflife01scho
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  • Cover of: The world as will and representation

    First published in 1819 24 editions in 4 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition dieweltalswille03schogoog Cover of edition dieweltalswille00unkngoog Cover of edition dieweltalswille04schogoog Cover of edition dieweltalswille01schogoog Cover of edition worldaswillrepre00scho Cover of edition worldaswillrepre01scho Cover of edition worldaswillrepre00scho_149 Cover of edition worldaswillrepre00scho_174
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    First published in 1998 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Art of Always Being Right

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  • Cover of: El arte de tener siempre la razón

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  • Cover of: The two fundamental problems of ethics

    First published in 2008 3 editions in 1 language
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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: Essai sur le libre arbitre

    First published in 1925 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: world as will and idea

    First published in 1883 29 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition worldaswillidea01schoiala Cover of edition worldaswillideav0000scho Cover of edition worldaswillideaa0000scho
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  • Cover of: The wisdom of life

    First published in 1901 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Essay on the freedom of the will.

    First published in 1960 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Metaphysique de l amour metaphysique de la mort

    First published in 2001 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: El amor, las mujeres, y la muerte

    First published in 1999 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A arte de escrever: Sobre a erudiç=o e os eruditos. Pensar por si mesmo. Sobre a escrita e o estilo. Sobre a leitura e os livros. Sobre a linguagem e as palavras

    First published in 2006 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: El Arte de Tener Razon

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: On the Suffering of the World

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  • Cover of: El amor, las mujeres y la muerte/Love, Women and Death (Coleccion Clasicos Del Pensamiento Universal Carrascalejo De La Jara)

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  • Cover of: Fragmentos Sobre La Historia De La Filosofia

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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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