Henry Adams vs. Arthur Schopenhauer
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Henry Adams
1838 – 1918
Politics
United States
Henry Brooks Adams was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presidents. As a young Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to the United Kingdom.
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"As educator, Jean Jacques was, in one respect, easily first; he erected a monument of warning against the Ego. Since his time, and largely thanks to him, the Eg…"
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Arthur Schopenhauer
1788 – 1860
Philosophy
Kingdom of Prussia
Idealism
German philosopher renowned for his book *The World as Will and Representation* and his pessimistic worldview.
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"We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness."
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Connections
Arthur Schopenhauer was influenced by Henry Adams
Shared era: 1838 – 1860
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