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Schopenhauer

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Scho·pen·hau·er  (shpn-hour), Arthur 1788-1860.
German philosopher who believed that the will is the fundamental reality to which all knowledge and reason are subject, that following its dictates leads to illusion and suffering, and that the goal of the good life is its extinction.
Schopenhauer (German) [ˈʃoːpənhauər]
n
(Biographies / Schopenhauer, Arthur (1788-1860) M, German, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Arthur (ˈartʊr). 1788-1860, German pessimist philosopher. In his chief work, The World as Will and Idea (1819), he expounded the view that will is the creative primary factor and idea the secondary receptive factor
Schopenhauerian  [ˌʃəʊpənˈhaʊərɪən] adj
Schopenhauerism  n
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Noun1.SchopenhauerSchopenhauer - German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860)
Arthur Schopenhauer


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Of late in Moscow and in the country, since he had become convinced that he would find no solution in the materialists, he had read and reread thoroughly Plato, Spinoza, Kant, Schelling, Hegel, and Schopenhauer, the philosophers who gave a non-materialistic explanation of life.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Kuno Fischer was then at the height of his fame and during the winter had been lecturing brilliantly on Schopenhauer.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
He'll talk Nietzsche, or Schopenhauer, or Kant, or anything, but the only thing in this world, not excepting Mary, that he really cares for, is his monism.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
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