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Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer considered the will as the basic reality and the source of human unhappiness, beliefs he set forth in 1819 in his major work, The World as Will and Idea. Only through reason and resignation can human beings overcome the strivings and desires of the will and achieve happiness.
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