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1 april 1876 offenbach am main , grand duchy of hesse ulrich horstmann 19th century philosophy offenbach am main , grand duchy of hesse philosophical pessimism arthur schopenhauer metaphysics , psychology the will to die october 5 , 1841 philipp mainlaender.png philipp mainländer
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philipp mainländer

philipp mainländer -lrb- october 5 , 1841 april 1 , 1876 -rrb- was a german poet and philosopher .
born as `` philipp batz , '' he later changed his name into `` mainländer '' from adoration for his hometown `` offenbach am main . ''
in his central work `` die philosophie der erlösung '' -lrb- `` the philosophy of redemption '' -rrb- -- according to theodor lessing `` perhaps the most radical system of pessimism known to philosophical literature '' -- mainländer proclaims that life is absolutely worthless , and that `` the will , ignited by the knowledge that non-being is better than being , is the supreme principle of morality . ''
