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(1998) An introduction to modern European philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Jenny Teichmann

pp. 38-48

Arthur Schopenhauer, who is generally known as "the philosopher of pessimism", was born in Danzig in 1788 and died in Frankfurt in 1860. He was the son of a rich merchant, a fact which enabled him to devote his life to writing and private study.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26651-7_4

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Teichmann, J. (1998)., Arthur Schopenhauer, in J. Teichmann & G. White (eds.), An introduction to modern European philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 38-48.

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