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Aug 20, 2020 · A Letter From Your Mother. Arthur Schopenhauer. C heck out this letter from Johanna Schopenhauer to her son Arthur Schopenhauer, dated 6 th November 1807. 'You are not an evil human; you are not without intellect and education; you have everything that could make you a credit to human society.
Johanna Schopenhauer (née Trosiener; 9 July 1766 – 17 April 1838) was the first German woman to publish books without a pseudonym, an influential literary salon host, and in the 1820s a popular author in Germany. She was also the mother of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.
In the following excerpts, Johanna Schopenhauer (née Trosiener, 1766-1838) recounts her ambivalent education, which drew her toward higher learning and the arts, but still kept her far enough away to preserve her marital eligibility.
Aug 18, 2020 · On 13 December 1807, in fashionable Weimar, Johanna Schopenhauer picked up her pen and wrote to her 19-year-old son Arthur: ‘It is necessary for my happiness to know that you are happy, but not to be a witness to it.’
Feb 9, 2020 · Letters from Schopenhauer’s parents. 4 Comments / Philosophy / By Stephen Hicks. Joanna and her son had a rough relationship, and both spoke their minds. From a letter she wrote to young Arthur Schopenhauer toward the end of 1807: Source is here. More letters from his parents here.
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4 days ago · Overview. Johanna Schopenhauer. (1766—1838) Quick Reference. (Danzig, 1766–1838, Weimar), née Trosiener, was the mother of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. Her husband committed suicide in 1805, and from 1806 to 1828 she lived in Weimar, associating with ... From: Schopenhauer, Johanna in The Oxford Companion to German Literature »
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