ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
\ˈɑːθə skˈə͡ʊpənhˌa͡ʊə], \ˈɑːθə skˈəʊpənhˌaʊə], \ˈɑː_θ_ə s_k_ˈəʊ_p_ə_n_h_ˌaʊ_ə]\
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A celebrated German philosopher; born at Dantzic, Feb. 22, 1788; died at Frankfort on the Main, September 1860. The first great work in his system of philosophical doctrine, "The World as Will and Representation" (1819; 8th ed. 1891), was in great part written while he was still a student at Jena. His other principal writings are: "The Fourfold Root of the Principle of the Sufficient Cause" (1813; 5th ed. 1891); "On Vision and Colors" (1816; 3d ed. 1870); "The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics" (1841; 4th ed. 1894); "Parerga and Paralipomena" (1851; 7th ed. 1891), a collection of his minor writings; and (posthumously) his "MS. Remains" and his "Correspondence with Johann August Becker" (1883).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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