Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Feb. 22: Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was a German philosopher best known for The World as Will and Representation, in which--influenced by Kant and perhaps Indian philosophy--he developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system, suggesting that the world we perceive is a representation and not something with its own existence. He also had one of the coolest hairdos ever.


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