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Arthur Schopenhauer

Born

in Free City of Danzig (today Gdańsk), Poland

February 22, 1788

Died

September 21, 1860

Genre

Philosophy

Influences

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Arthur Schopenhauer was born in the city of Danzig (then part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; present day Gdańsk, Poland) and 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.

He was the son of author Johanna Schopenhauer and the older brother of Adele Schopenhauer.
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Average rating: 3.88 · 100,873 ratings · 8,402 reviews · 2,224 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wisdom of Life 4.05 avg rating — 16,976 ratings — published 1851 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Always Being Right 3.49 avg rating — 19,571 ratings — published 1831 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World as Will and Representation, Volume I 4.22 avg rating — 11,442 ratings — published 1818 — 179 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer, R.J. Hollingdale (Editor) 4.16 avg rating — 9,323 ratings — published 1851 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World as Will and Representation, Volume II by Arthur Schopenhauer, E.F.J. Payne (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 5,534 ratings — published 1844 — 205 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Suffering of the World 3.86 avg rating — 3,369 ratings — published 1850 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aşkın Metafiziği by Arthur Schopenhauer, Selahattin Hilav (translator) 3.37 avg rating — 3,296 ratings — published 1818 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Studies in Pessimism: The Essays by Arthur Schopenhauer, Thomas Bailey Saunders (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 2,272 ratings — published 1890 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'arte di conoscere se stessi 3.41 avg rating — 2,104 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World as Will and Representation: A Philosophical Foundation of Western Metaphysics and Aesthetics 4.20 avg rating — 1,475 ratings — published 1818 — 404 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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