Schopenhauer

American  

[shoh-puhn-hou-er, shoh-puhn-hou-uhr] / ˈʃoʊ pənˌhaʊ ər, ˈʃoʊ pənˌhaʊ ər /

noun

1. Arthur 1788–1860, German philosopher.

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Schopenhauer British  

/ ˈʃoːpənhauər, ˌʃəʊpənˈhaʊərɪən /

noun

1. Arthur (ˈartʊr). 1788–1860, German pessimist philosopher. In his chief work, The World as Will and Idea (1819), he expounded the view that will is the creative primary factor and idea the secondary receptive factor

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Other Word Forms

• Schopenhauerian adjective
• Schopenhauerism noun

Example Sentences

Life, as the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once said, is a pendulum that swings between pain and boredom.

From New York Times

On what philosopher she thinks of when she thinks of pasta: Maybe Schopenhauer … yes, probably him.

From Seattle Times

And in between big block quotes of Seneca, Socrates, Schopenhauer and many more, that’s exactly what he does, in unsettling bursts.

From New York Times

Her much older male colleague wonders what that has to do with Schopenhauer’s thought.

From New York Times

He laughs, jokes and yelps, as he does in performance, but can also be sober and introspective, liable to quote Schopenhauer or Borges in conversation.

From New York Times