Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Alternate names: Arturo Schopenhauer; Schopenhauer; Arthur Schopenhauer; Schopenhauer Arthur 1788-1860; ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER; Arthur Arthur Schopenhauer; Schopenhauer Arthur; Arthur SCHOPENHAUER; Arthure Schopenhauer; arthur schopenhauer; Arthur 1788-1860 Schopenhauer; SCHOPENHAUER ARTHUR; SCHOPENHAUER,ARTHUR; SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur. (PARKER, DeWitt H., edited by); Arthur Ictor Schopenhauer; Schopenhauer Artur
Born: 22 February 1788
Died: 21 September 1860
Bio: Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher known for his atheistic pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, *On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason*, which examined the fundamental question of whether reason alone can unlock answers about the world.

Schopenhauer's most influential work, *The World as Will and Representation*, emphasized the role of man's basic motivation, which Schopenhauer called will. His analysis of will led him to the conclusion that emotional, physical, and sexual desires can never be fulfilled. Consequently, he favored a lifestyle of negating human desires, similar to the teachings of ancient Greek Stoic philosophers, Buddhism, and Vedanta.