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Definition of Arthur Schopenhauer

1. Noun. German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860).

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Literary usage of Arthur Schopenhauer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"As sources for a life use: Briefwechsel zwischen Arthur Schopenhauer und Johann ... Arthur Schopenhauer aus persönlichem Umgänge dargestellt, Leipsic, 1878; ..."

2. A History of Modern Philosophy: A Sketch of the History of Philosophy from by Harald Høffding (1908)
"... OF LIFE Arthur Schopenhauer (a) Biography and Characteristics SPRINGING out of the same spiritual soil as the idealistic doctrine of development, ..."

3. The Persistent Problems of Philosophy: An Introduction to Metaphysics by Mary Whiton Calkins (1912)
"The idealistic critic may, therefore, reshape but he may not reject Hegel's proof that ultimate reality is an absolute self.1 Arthur Schopenhauer ..."

4. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) THE WORLD AS WILL AND IDEA Translated from the German * by RB HALDANE and J. KEMP BOOK I. THE WORLD AS IDEA § 1. ..."

5. The Contemporary Review (1873)
"... but afterwards favours a supercilious arrogance towards lay inquirers and by-and-bye degenerates into indolent orp Arthur Schopenhauer ..."

6. The Classical Moralists: Selections Illustrating Ethics from Socrates to by Benjamin Rand (1909)
"... Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) THE WORLD AS WILL AND IDEA Translated from the German * by RB HALDANE AND J. KEMP BOOK IV. THE ASSERTION AND DENIAL OF ..."

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