He is known for his work The World as Will and Representation expanded in , which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will. Schopenhauer was among the first philosophers in the Western tradition to share and affirm significant tenets of Indian philosophy , such as asceticism , denial of the self , and the notion of the world-as-appearance.
His writing on aesthetics , morality , and psychology has influenced many thinkers and artists. His firm continued trading in Danzig where most of their extended families remained. Adele , Arthur's only sibling, was born on 12 July Viewed as primarily a pleasure tour, Heinrich used the opportunity to visit some of his business associates abroad.
Heinrich presented Arthur with a choice: he could either stay at home to begin preparations for university or travel with them to further his merchant education. Arthur chose to travel with them. He deeply regretted his choice later because the merchant training was very tedious. He spent twelve weeks of the tour attending school in Wimbledon , where he was confused by strict and intellectual Anglicans who he described as shallow. He continued to sharply criticize Anglican religiosity later in life despite his general Anglophilia.
In , Heinrich drowned in a canal near their home in Hamburg. Although it was possible that his death was accidental, his wife and son believed that it was suicide.
He was prone to anxiety and depression , each becoming more pronounced later in his life. Arthur showed similar moodiness during his youth and often acknowledged that he inherited it from his father. There were other instances of serious mental health problems on his father's side of the family. Arthur Schopenhauer was entitled to control of his part when he reached the age of majority. He invested it conservatively in government bonds and earned annual interest that was more than double the salary of a university professor.
