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Philipp Mainländer (5 October 1841 – 1 April 1876) was a German philosopher and poet. Born Philipp Batz, he later changed his name to "Mainländer" in homage to his hometown, Offenbach am Main.
Feb 17, 2024 · The figure of Philipp Mainländer stands out as a beacon of radical inquiry in the maze of philosophical thought where despair and positivity merge. In a world filled with stories of hardship and...
Apr 2, 2024 · Philipp Mainländer (October 5, 1841 – April 1, 1876) was a German philosopher and poet. Born Philipp Batz, he later changed his name to "Mainländer" in homage to his hometown, Offenbach am Main.
Jul 6, 2023 · Philipp Mainländer was a German thinker who committed suicide shortly after publishing his only book, The Philosophy of Redemption. His philosophy was based on the idea that the universe and human existence are the result of a cosmic suicide of God, and that voluntary death is the only way to achieve redemption.
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- The Heroic Pessimist. On the night of 1 April 1876, the young Philipp Batz, only 34 years old, standing on stacked copies of his just published philosophical work, hanged himself.
- Life and Philosophical Education. Mainländer’s death brought to an end a remarkable career, one filled with a passionate devotion to the life of the spirit.
- The Gospel of Redemption. The heart and soul of Mainländer’s philosophy lies in its gospel of redemption. That gospel is very simple, and it can be summarized in two propositions: (1) that redemption or deliverance comes only with death; and (2) that death consists in nothingness, complete annihilation.
- Mainländer and the Young Hegelian Tradition. Much of the motivation behind Mainländer’s philosophy of redemption is revealed in the ‘Vorwort’ to the Philosophie der Erlösung.
Dec 14, 2020 · Mainländer was a German poet and philosopher who developed a unique theory of pandeism, combining deism and pantheism. He argued that God created the universe to annihilate himself and that life is not worth living.
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Jul 19, 2018 · At the core of Mainländer’s philosophy is the idea that everything that exists, exists in order to not exist—not for some imagined and fantastical afterlife, and not in order to re-enter the cycle of birth, suffering, and death, but for pure annihilation—a “mortification of energy.”
