Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) attended the University of Göttingen where he studied metaphysics and psychology. It was here that he first found philosophical inspiration in the works of Plato and Immanuel Kant, two men who would have significant influence on Schopenhauer's work. One of the best known nineteenth-century philosophers, Schopenhauer published «The Basis of Morality» in 1839 as a response to a question posed by the Royal Danish Society of Scientific Studies. The work was...