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1788 – 1860Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)Died 21 September 1860, aged 72Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher best known for The World as Will and Representation, which argued that a blind, striving will underlies all existence. Largely ignored for most of his career, he gained wide recognition only in his final years. He died in Frankfurt on 21 September 1860.