Reacting against the idealist metaphysics of Hegel, he posited that Kant's thing-in-itself corresponds to the will.
He denigrated the work of Isaac Newton in his On Vision and Colors and he rejected academic philosophy in On University Philosophy. This man considered Plato, Kant, and the Upanishads the foundation of his own philosophical system, which was similar to Buddhism in that denial of the self was the path to wisdom. Reacting against the idealist metaphysics of Hegel, he posited that Kant's thing-in-itself corresponds to the will. FTP, who was this pessimistic philosopher of The World as Will and Idea?
He denigrated the work of Isaac Newton in his On Vision and Colors and he rejected academic philosophy in On University Philosophy.
Arthur {Schopenhauer}