Arthur Schopenhauer





Arthur Schopenhauer

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born
in Free City of Danzig (today Gdańsk), Poland
February 22, 1788

died
September 21, 1860

gender
male

genre

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About this author

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer attempted to make his career as an academic by correcting and expanding Immanuel Kant's philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world.



Average rating: 4.05 · 9,524 ratings · 421 reviews · 245 distinct works · Similar authors
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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
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“All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as self-evident.”
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