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Arthur Schopenhauer  

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  • Arthur Schopenhauer, whose writings established pessimism as a distinct and important philosophical position, was one of the most influential moral theorists of the nineteenth century. He was born into a wealthy Danzig trading family, and his father intended for him to continue the family business. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Schopenhauer, Arthur]

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