Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher born on February 22, 1788, in Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). Renowned for his works on metaphysics, ethics, and human nature, he is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the 19th century. Schopenhauer's ideas about human desire, suffering, and the nature of reality have had a profound impact on philosophy, psychology, and literature.
Personal Name: Arthur Schopenhauer
Birth: 22 February 1788
Death: 21 September 1860
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One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes is taken from Schopenhauer's last work, Parerga and Paralipomena, which he published in 1851. These pieces depict humanity as locked in a struggle beyond good and evil, and each individual absolutely free within a Godless world, in which art, morality and self-awareness are our only salvation. This innovative - and pessimistic - view has proved powerfully influential upon philosophy and art, directly affecting the work of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Wagner among others.
The German philosopher explains his thoughts about intellectual perception and abstract representation and critically analyzes Kant's ideas and teachings. Bibliogs.
Nineteenth-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) championed individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation above the irrational impulses that animated most of society. In *The Wisdom of Life*, taken from his last work, *Parerga und Paralipomena* (1851), he discusses how to order our lives to obtain the greatest amount of pleasure and success; then he offers guidelines for living life to its fullest. But for Schopenhauer a life well lived should always reach beyond itself to a higher plane.
Schopenhauer escreveu seus aforismos em 1851, dentro da obra intitulada 'Parerga e paralipomena', e mais de trinta anos depois da sua obra máxima, 'O mundo como vontade e representação', no qual descreve sua metafísica. Neste livro, ele usa o aforismo (ou máxima, sentença curta e conceituosa) como forma artístico-filosófica para falar sobre 53 temas diversos (como amizade, simplicidade, felicidade, vida e morte), ensinando o leitor a encarar as adversidades com serenidade. Embora considerado um pessimista por afirmar que todo viver é sofrer, Schopenhauer mostra que a filosofia pode ser consoladora.
