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489 Schopenhauer (aka The Tunnel and The Hole)

The History of Literature

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Schopenhauer's Disagreement With His Mother

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher who died in 1848. He wrote about the nature of reality and how do we know it, says Julian Zelizer. His mother Gerta helped him with his work on colors and perception but they had divergent views," writes Zelizer. "He quarreled with his mother about her spending"

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