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 ...

Arthur Schopenhauer, a 19th-century German philosopher, posited that while individuals can act on their desires, they cannot ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Nietzsche and Wagner paid similar homage to Schopenhauer. The young Nietzsche, in Schopenhauer as Educator, the ...

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) was a German philosopher, best known for his book, “The World as Will and Representation”. He was among the first thinkers in the Western philosophical tradition to ...

“How do you write a book?” Like most authors, I get this question often. Sometimes, I find that the person is asking about overcoming specific obstacles, such as getting started (answer: first spend ...

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 is a philosopher who’s never been much liked by other philosophers. Bertrand Russell described his system as “tired and valetudinarian” and too averse to reform. Ludwig ...

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