Philipp Mainländer
Born in 1841
Philosophy
Poetry
Philipp Mainländer was a German philosopher and poet born in 1841.
He changed his name from Philipp Batz to honor his hometown.
His magnum opus, "The Philosophy of Redemption," is considered one of the most radical systems of pessimism in philosophical literature.
Mainländer argued that life is entirely worthless and that non-being is preferable to being.
He believed that the will to non-existence is the highest moral principle.
Tragically embodying his philosophy, Mainländer committed suicide by hanging shortly after publishing the first volume of his main work in 1876, at the age of 34.
