Foreign thinker
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerPhilosophyGerman1788–1860
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
Life and Thought
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) was a German philosopher and the author of *The World as Will and Representation*. His thought centered on will, suffering, and art, and had a wide-ranging influence on modern philosophy and art.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures15 titles
On the Wisdom of Life
The Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
On Vision and Colors
The World as Will and Representation
On the Will in Nature
Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics
Appurtenances and Appendages
The World and the Philosopher's Reflections
The Art of Always Being Right
On Human Nature
Ethics, Law, Politics
The Art of Survival
The Art of Self-Knowledge
The Art of Happiness
The Art of Growing Old
