Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th-century German philosopher known for his pessimistic worldview and profound influence on later existential and philosophical thought. He is best known for his work "The World as Will and Representation," where he posits that the fundamental force behind human existence and the universe is a blind, irrational "will to live." Schopenhauer's philosophy emphasizes the futility of human desires and advocates for asceticism and artistic contemplation as means to transcend suffering.

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