premise: Arthur Schopenhauer was only ever a mathematician.
hypothesis: Arthur Schopenhauer ( [ ˈaɐ̯tʊɐ̯ ˈʃoːpm̩ˌhaʊ̯ɐ ] ; 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 .