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Arthur Schopenhauer

Born

in Free City of Danzig (today Gdańsk), Poland

February 22, 1788

Died

September 21, 1860

Genre

Philosophy

Influences

Plato, Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Baruch S ...more

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Arthur Schopenhauer was born in the city of Danzig (then part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; present day Gdańsk, Poland) and 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 philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world.

He was the son of author Johanna Schopenhauer and the older brother of Adele Schopenhauer.
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s books

Average rating: 3.91 · 80,935 ratings · 6,133 reviews · 1,470 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Art of Always Being Right 3.51 avg rating — 15,029 ratings — 377 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wisdom of Life 4.12 avg rating — 11,714 ratings — published 1851 — 485 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World as Will and Representation, Volume I 4.21 avg rating — 10,471 ratings — published 1818 — 213 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer, R.J. Hollingdale (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 8,225 ratings — published 1851 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World as Will and Representation, Volume II by Arthur Schopenhauer, E.F.J. Payne (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 5,219 ratings — published 1818 — 182 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Suffering of the World 3.87 avg rating — 2,658 ratings — published 1850 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aşkın Metafiziği by Arthur Schopenhauer, Selahattin Hilav (translator) 3.45 avg rating — 2,600 ratings — published 1818 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Studies in Pessimism: The Essays by Arthur Schopenhauer, Thomas Bailey Saunders (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 2,033 ratings — published 1890 — 146 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutlu Olma Sanatı by Arthur Schopenhauer, Şebnem Sunar (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 1,635 ratings — published 1851 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'arte di conoscere se stessi 3.45 avg rating — 1,327 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Arthur Schopenhauer

Sämtliche Werke in fünf Bänden (Arthur Schopenhauer) (5 books)
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Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (2 books)
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E.F.J. Payne (Translator)

4.22 avg rating — 15,690 ratings

Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer (?)

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

tags: inspirational, talent

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“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

tags: compassion, morality, morals

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“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms

tags: freedom, solitude

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Polls

October 2021 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe, 40 pages, 1893

48 votes, 21.1%

The Lifted Veil by George Eliot, 75 pages, 1859

43 votes, 18.9%

The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous, 120 pages, -1800

41 votes, 18.0%

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs, 32 pages, 1902

26 votes, 11.4%

On Books and Reading by Arthur Schopenhauer, 7+- pages, 1851

25 votes, 11.0%

The Viy by Nikolai Gogol, 66 pages, 1835

18 votes, 7.9%

The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh, 130+- pages, 1948

14 votes, 6.1%

The Altar of the Dead by Henry James, 48 pages, 1895

13 votes, 5.7%

228 total votes

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