Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer, also known as the “Philosopher of Pessimism”, was a German philosopher and writer. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation, which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will.

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Who was born first?

• Arthur Schopenhauer and Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet were born the same year
• Arthur Schopenhauer and Étienne Cabet were born the same year
• Arthur Schopenhauer and Charles Robert Cockerell were born the same year
• Arthur Schopenhauer and Gheorghe Asachi were born the same year
• Arthur Schopenhauer was born 1 year after Jan Evangelista Purkyně

Timeline

1. Jan Evangelista PurkyněDecember 17, 1787 – July 28, 1869
2. Arthur Schopenhauer (this page)February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860
3. Charles Robert CockerellApril 27, 1788 – September 17, 1863
4. Étienne CabetJanuary 1, 1788 – November 9, 1856
5. Gheorghe AsachiMarch 1, 1788 – November 12, 1869
6. Sir William Hamilton, 9th BaronetMarch 8, 1788 – May 6, 1856

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