Philipp Mainländer
German philosopher and poet (1841–1876) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Philipp Mainländer (5 October 1841 – 1 April 1876) was a German philosopher and poet. Born Philipp Batz, he later changed his name to "Mainländer" in homage to his hometown, Offenbach am Main.
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Born | Philipp Batz (1841-10-05)5 October 1841 |
Died | 1 April 1876(1876-04-01) (aged 34) Offenbach am Main, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire |
Education | Commercial school, Dresden |
Notable work | Die Philosophie der Erlösung |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
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In his central work Die Philosophie der Erlösung (The Philosophy of Redemption or The Philosophy of Salvation)[4] — according to Theodor Lessing, "perhaps the most radical system of pessimism known to philosophical literature"[Note 1] — Mainländer proclaims that life is of negative value, and that "the will, ignited by the knowledge that non-being is better than being, is the supreme principle of morality."[Note 2]