Arthur Schopenhauer: References & Edit History
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Biographies include Patrick Gardiner, Schopenhauer (1963, reissued 1971); Rüdiger Safranski, Schopenhauer and the Wild Years of Philosophy (1990); Frederick Copleston, Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher of Pessimism, 2nd ed. (1975); and Bryan Magee, The Philosophy of Schopenhauer (1983). More specific discussions of his work include D.W. Hamlyn, Schopenhauer (1980), a study of his principal metaphysical arguments; Michael Fox (ed.), Schopenhauer: His Philosophical Achievement (1980), essays examining many aspects of his thought; Arthur Hübscher, The Philosophy of Schopenhauer in Its Intellectual Context: Thinker Against the Tide (1989), on his importance and influence; and Christopher Janaway, Self and World in Schopenhauer’s Philosophy (1989).
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Arthur Hübscher
Director, Schopenhauer Archives, Frankfurt. Senior President, International Schopenhauer Society, Frankfurt, 1936–82. Author of many books on Schopenhauer and editor of his works.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Sep 17, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews - Schopenhauer: A Biography. | Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - ABC Radio National|The Philosopher's Zone - Love, compassion and gloom: the contradictions of Arthur Schopenhauer. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Schopenhauers Perceptive Invective (PDF). | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - In Our Time - Schopenhauer. | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Philosophy Now - Schopenhauer. | Nov 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews - Schopenhauer: A Biography. | Aug 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews - Schopenhauer: A Biography. | Aug 23, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Arthur Schopenhauer 1788�1860. | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Basic of Philosophy - Arthur Schopenhauer. | Nov 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Arthur Schopenhauer. | Sep 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Philosphers - Biography of Arthur Schopenhauer. | Feb 19, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Age of the Sage - Transmitting the Wisdoms of the Ages - Biography of Arthur Schopenhauer. | May 04, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Biography of Arthur Schopenhauer. | Aug 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of Arthur Schopenhauer. | Aug 01, 2013 | ||
| Added mention of the title of his dissertation. | Feb 06, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Miami - Biography of Arthur Schopenhauer. | Sep 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Friesian - Biography of Arthur Schopenhauer. | Sep 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: European Graduate School - Biography of Arthur Schopenhauer. | Sep 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Arthur Schopenhauer. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |