Arthur Schopenhauer is a philosopher who’s never been much liked by other philosophers. Bertrand Russell described his system as “tired and valetudinarian” and too averse to reform. Ludwig ...

We know Arthur Schopenhauer as the 19th century philosopher who postulated that the world is driven by a perpetually dissatisfied will — among other ideas that had a big influence on people such as ...

Is there any meaning to life? Pessimist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in his essay The Vanity of Existence made the point that our lives have no absolute value. He said, "Human life must be some ...

Arthur Schopenhauer once wrote a marvelously cynical manual of eristics called The Art of Always Being Right. The philosopher advised his readers against resort to logic; ad hominem attacks and other ...