- Philosophy, German Philosophy, Fiction, short stories (single author), Philosophyschopenhauer, arthur , 1788-1860
One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence.
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- Author
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- First published
- 1970
- Pages
- 237
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics, Penguin Books
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780140442274
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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 St
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