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German philosopher of the will — pessimism, compassion and the first Western reader of the Upanishads
Independent scholar, Frankfurt am Main · Germany · d. 22 February 1788 (Danzig) — 21 September 1860 (Frankfurt am Main)
Finished The World as Will and Representation in 1818, at thirty, and waited more than three decades for anyone to notice. Behind Kant's appearances he put a single blind striving, the will, and found relief from it only in art, compassion and renunciation. Recognition came after Parerga and Paralipomena in 1851; Wagner, Nietzsche and Freud read him closely. He died in Frankfurt on 21 September 1860.
Arthur Schopenhauer died on his sofa in Frankfurt on 21 September 1860. Bernard Williams was born on the date in 1929, Mario Bunge in 1919, Peter van Inwagen in 1942; Savonarola in 1452, and Virgil died on it in 19 BC. Each had a view on how much philosophy can settle, and they do not agree.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, Bernard Williams
