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Arthur Schopenhauer

1788-1860

Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th-century German philosopher known for his work 'The World as Will and Representation'.

Biography

Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th-century German philosopher known for his work 'The World as Will and Representation'.

Born in 1788 in Danzig, Prussia (now Gdansk, Poland), Schopenhauer developed a pessimistic philosophy that influenced many later thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche.

His focus on human suffering and the irrational nature of the will distinguishes him as one of the great philosophers in history.

Schopenhauer died in 1860 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, leaving behind a lasting legacy in the world of philosophy..