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- adjective Of or relating to Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860),
German philosopher known for hispessimism andclarity .
Etymologies
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Coming out of Wittgenstein's Notebooks, written in 1914-16, and correspondence with Russell, Moore and Keynes, and showing Schopenhauerian and other cultural influences, it evolved as a continuation of and reaction to Russell and Frege's conceptions of logic and language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein Biletzki, Anat 2009
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Does Schopenhauerian resignation make people act like Schopenhauer?
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Does Schopenhauerian resignation make people act like Schopenhauer?
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Does Schopenhauerian resignation make people act like Schopenhauer?
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This, like the first part of “The Soothsayer”, is obviously a reference to the Schopenhauerian Pessimism.
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A deep respect is due the Schopenhauerian philosopher who looks upon the world, finds that its essence is evil, and turns towards insensitive calm.
A Preface to Politics Walter Lippmann 1931
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"Historia Amoris" is concluded by a Schopenhauerian essay on "The Law of Attraction."
The Merry-Go-Round Carl Van Vechten 1922
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He enters, and after some delirious pages not to be described in words the pair fall to talk in Schopenhauerian terminology about the light and the dark.
Richard Wagner Runciman, John F 1913
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Wotan seeks to explain his position in quasi-Schopenhauerian terminology and at immense length.
Richard Wagner Runciman, John F 1913
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It is no desire of mine to scoff at the Schopenhauerian, Feuerbachian notions working in Wagner's brain when he planned the _Ring_, and wrote its finest music; in art -- as in business, if it comes to that -- one judges by results and results only.
Richard Wagner Composer of Operas John F. Runciman 1891
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