Today, Feb 22nd, but back in 1788, the German Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Danzig (now Gdansk).
A couple of quotes:
"Man can indeed do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wants."
"The world is my representation."
Funny fact:
In 1820, Schopenhauer started lecturing at the University of Berlin and scheduled his lectures to start at the same time as those of Hegel (with whom he had some kind of riff-raff). But barely 5 students showed up, so Schopenhauer dropped out...
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