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Life and writings of Arthur Schopenhauer
The masters of philosophy in Germany have generally been the University professors ; in England, members of the outside public ; causes and effects, advantages and disadvantages of each of these circumstances ; Schopenhauer more akin to the English than to the German philosopher ; fundamental differences between his early training and that of his German predecessors ; his contempt for the historical method in theology and philosophy ; his definition of the true philosophy of history ; the function of history merely accessary and illustrative ; Schopenhauer gained an audience among the people because he helped to free the mind from historical paraphernalia . . • • . .11
CHAPTER II.
Arthur Schopenhauer born at Dantzic, 22nd February, 1788 ; Dutch extraction ; national characteristics inherited even on alien ground ; inherits the Dutch mercantile pride ; ancestors ; father ; mother ; their home life ; birth ; early years ; Dantzic merged in the Prussian kingdom ; history of Dantzic ; the Schopenhauers move to Hamburg, 1793; influence of the Dantzic republican spirit ; an inverted education — experience preceding books ; his father's view of a commercial education ; goes to Havre, 1797 ; returns to Hamburg, 1799 ; school there ; dislikes the prospects of
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