Arthur Schopenhauer
Noun
Meaning
German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860)
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At first, Arthur Schopenhauer didn't move to Weimar along with his family; he instead remained in Hamburg.
But Johanna and Arthur Schopenhauer would never again meet in person.
Influence of Schopenhauer on Tristan und Isolde Wagner's friend Georg Herwegh introduced him in late 1854 to the work of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.
Schopenhauer's citation Arthur Schopenhauer referred to one of Sir William Jones's publications in §1 of The World as Will and Representation (1819).
The works of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche had a profound effect on Campbell's thinking; he quoted their writing frequently.
This influence, together with his discovery of the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer in October 1854, led Wagner to find himself in a "serious mood created by Schopenhauer, which was trying to find ecstatic expression.