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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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)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 centuryID Numbers
- OLID: OL119580A
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- Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.
- Arturo Schopenhauer
- Schopenhauer
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Schopenhauer A
- A. Schopenhaur
- Arthur Schopenhaner
- Arthur Schepenhauer
- Arthur SCHOPENHAVER
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