"David Cartwright's Schopenhauer: A Biography sheds new light on the relationship between the thought and life of Arthur Schopenhauer. The necessity to disclose how Schopenhauer came to realize his philosophy, what inspired his fundamental idea of will, and the chronology of these events makes David Cartwright's systematic, concise, and comprehensive biography a necessary edition to an understanding of Schopenhauer's philosophy. Cartwright's book includes a chronology of Schopenhauer's life and a valuable index on featured authors and terms. The biography opens doors to those who wish to see how a talented and fascinating individual develops over the course of a lifetime, along with the joys, pains and sufferings all of us might experience. Importantly, Cartwright's biography is equally as relevant to experts on Schopenhauer, who will not only gain insight into the succinct progression of Schopenhauer's ideas but also discover well-placed, contextual quotations from Schopenhauer's books, notes and handwritten annotations, as well as references to other authors Schopenhauer read, and read well. This allows the reader to piece together, in a manner not available through a reading of his main works, a sense of what it was that drove Arthur Schopenhauer to the principal and recurring themes of his philosophy. Furthermore, the research in this biography clearly draws on Hübscher's expertise and expands on it, as is evidenced by the smooth succession and unbroken running of the chronology of the story of Schopenhauer's life and philosophy." --Lore Hühn and David Carus, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Philosophy in Review ndwritten annotations, as well as references to other authors Schopenhauer read, and read well.

This allows the reader to piece together, in a manner not available through a reading of his main works, a sense of what it was that drove Arthur Schopenhauer to the principal and recurring themes of his philosophy. Furthermore, the research in this biography clearly draws on Hübscher's expertise and expands on it, as is evidenced by the smooth succession and unbroken running of the chronology of the story of Schopenhauer's life and philosophy." --Lore Hühn and David Carus, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Philosophy in Review ndwritten annotations, as well as references to other authors Schopenhauer read, and read well. This allows the reader to piece together, in a manner not available through a reading of his main works, a sense of what it was that drove Arthur Schopenhauer to the principal and recurring themes of his philosophy. Furthermore, the research in this biography clearly draws on Hübscher's expertise and expands on it, as is evidenced by the smooth succession and unbroken running of the chronology of the story of Schopenhauer's life and philosophy." --Lore Hühn and David Carus, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Philosophy in Review ndwritten annotations, as well as references to other authors Schopenhauer read, and read well. This allows the reader to piece together, in a manner not available through a reading of his main works, a sense of what it was that drove Arthur Schopenhauer to the principal and recurring themes of his philosophy. Furthermore, the research in this biography clearly draws on Hübscher's expertise and expands on it, as is evidenced by the smooth succession and unbroken running of the chronology of the story of Schopenhauer's life and philosophy.

" --Lore Hühn and David Carus, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Philosophy in Review his biography clearly draws on Hübscher's expertise and expands on it, as is evidenced by the smooth succession and unbroken running of the chronology of the story of Schopenhauer's life and philosophy." --Lore Hühn and David Carus, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Philosophy in Review.