Philipp Mainländer
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Philipp Mainländer was a German philosopher and poet. Born Philipp Batz, he later changed his name to "Mainländer" in homage to his hometown, Offenbach am Main.
Mainländer, c. 1867
Mainländer with his sister Minna in 1855
Title page of the second volume of Die Philosophie der Erlösung
"Critique of the Doctrines of Kant and Schopenhauer" is the title of the long appendix to Philipp Mainländer's Die Philosophie der Erlösung. In this appendix, Mainländer offers a criticism of the phil
Philipp Mainländer
…pessimism Pluralism Main interests Aesthetics epistemology metaphysics theodicy ethics Notable works Die Philosophie der Erlösung Notable ideas Critique of the Schopenhauerian philosophy The movement of the universe is towards nothingness God is dead The will to death (Wille zum Tode) Finitude of the universe Philipp Mainländer (German…
Schopenhauer in 1852, 64 years old
Head of Christ by Antonio da Correggio