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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: 3.93 · 72,511 ratings · 5,279 reviews · 945 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Art of Always Being Right 3.52 avg rating — 12,927 ratings — published 1831 — 406 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 Wisdom of Life 4.13 avg rating — 10,264 ratings — published 2003 — 527 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 — 7,759 ratings — published 1851 — 16 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, Vol. 2 by Arthur Schopenhauer, E.F.J. Payne (Translator) 4.24 avg rating — 5,079 ratings — published 1818 — 175 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 by Arthur Schopenhauer, R.J. Hollingdale (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 2,340 ratings — published 1850 — 46 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) 3.50 avg rating — 2,287 ratings — published 1818 — 88 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) 3.90 avg rating — 1,927 ratings — published 1890 — 163 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
	Mutlu Olma Sanatı by Arthur Schopenhauer, Şebnem Sunar (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 1,322 ratings — published 1851 — 2 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
	Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung 4.27 avg rating — 885 ratings — published 1857 — 328 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
	A Arte de Escrever 3.80 avg rating — 944 ratings — published 1851 — 145 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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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

tags: inspirational, talent

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“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

tags: compassion, morality, morals

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“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms

tags: freedom, solitude

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