[PAR] [TLE] On the Basis of Morality [SEP] On the Basis of Morality (German: "Ueber die Grundlage der Moral" , 1840) is one of Arthur Schopenhauer's major works in ethics, in which he argues that morality stems from compassion.  Schopenhauer begins with a criticism of Kant's "Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals", which Schopenhauer considered to be the clearest explanation of Kantian ethics. [PAR] [TLE] Arthur Schopenhauer [SEP] Arthur Schopenhauer ( ; ] ; 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher.  He is best known for his 1818 work "The World as Will and Representation" (expanded in 1844), wherein he characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind and insatiable metaphysical will.  Proceeding from the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that has been described as an exemplary manifestation of philosophical pessimism, rejecting the contemporaneous post-Kantian philosophies of German idealism.  Schopenhauer was among the first thinkers in Western philosophy to share and affirm significant tenets of Eastern philosophy (e.g., asceticism, the world-as-appearance), having initially arrived at similar conclusions as the result of his own philosophical work.
[PAR] [TLE] On the Basis of Morality [ SEP ] On the Basis of Morality ( German : " Ueber die Grundlage der Moral " , 1840 ) is one of Arthur Schopenhauer 's major works in ethics , in which he argues that morality stems from compassion . Schopenhauer begins with a criticism of Kant 's " Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals " , which Schopenhauer considered to be the clearest explanation of Kantian ethics . [PAR] [TLE] Arthur Schopenhauer [ SEP ] Arthur Schopenhauer ( ; ] ; 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860 ) was a German philosopher . He is best known for his 1818 work " The World as Will and Representation " ( expanded in 1844 ) , wherein he characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind and insatiable metaphysical will . Proceeding from the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant , Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that has been described as an exemplary manifestation of philosophical pessimism , rejecting the contemporaneous post - Kantian philosophies of German idealism . Schopenhauer was among the first thinkers in Western philosophy to share and affirm significant tenets of Eastern philosophy ( e.g. , asceticism , the world - as - appearance ) , having initially arrived at similar conclusions as the result of his own philosophical work .
What year was the author of "On the Basis of Morality" born?
What year was the author of " On the Basis of Morality " born ?
1788
1788