The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) once wrote that “the man who feels himself drawn to philosophy must ...

It Redefines Moral Character: Schopenhauer argued that true morality is not based on reason or intellectual capacity, but on empathy. Because animals are unable to defend themselves or seek justice, ...

Arthur Schopenhauer—the 19 th century German philosopher for whom human existence was a perpetually swinging “pendulum between suffering and boredom,” and the world itself a hell in which “human ...

Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, unfortunately, didn’t have much to offer us in his consolations about death, but, more importantly, he succeeded in helping us believe that life was worth living, even ...

Although outside the realm of academic philosophy, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) was nevertheless one of the most important philosophers of the 19th century, best known for his eastern influence and ...

Arthur Schopenhauer, the renowned and eccentric writer whose works on the human will revolutionized modern philosophy was last seen in one of the Taunus mountain resorts up above Frankfurt sometime ...

The Art of Always Being Right by Arthur Schopenhauer edited by AC Grayling Gibson Square Books £9.99, pp190 Schopenhauer died 145 years ago. His strange essay, 'The Art of Always Being Right', was not ...