Schopenhauer, Arthur(1788–1860) Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher of pessimism who gave the will a leading place in his metaphysics. He was born in Danzig. His father, a successful businessman of partly Dutch ancestry, was an admirer...

(born Feb. 22, 1788, Danzig, Prussia [now Gdańsk, Pol.]—died Sept. 21, 1860, Frankfurt am Main) German philosopher, often called the “philosopher of pessimism,” who was primarily important as the exponent of a metaphysical...

(born Feb. 22, 1788, Danzig, Prussia—died Sept. 21, 1860, Frankfurt am Main) German philosopher. His father was a banker and his mother a novelist. He studied in several fields before earning his doctorate in philosophy. He regarded the...

. 1788–1860. Born in Danzig and educated partly in France and England, he worked mostly in Germany. He admired KANT, but, like KIERKEGAARD, reacted against the prevalent philosophy of HEGEL. He saw his chief contribution to philosophy as the...

Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860) 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...