Critique of the Schopenhauerian philosophy
Schopenhauer in 1852, 64 years old
Mainländer c. 1867, 26 years old
Critique of the Schopenhaurian philosophy is a literary work by Philipp Mainländer appended to Die Philosophie der Erlösung (The Philosophy of Redemption or The Philosophy of Salvation), offering a criticism of the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. Mainländer saw the purification of Schopenhauer's philosophy as the primary task of his life. The criticism had an important impact on Nietzsche's philosophical development.