Arthur Schopenhauer's Timeline: Life, Photos, and Key Events
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in 1797
in Le Havre
to live for two years with the family of his fathers business associate, Grégoire de Blésimaire
in 1805
Heinrich Schopenhauer left the family with a significant inheritance that was split in three among Johanna and the children. Arthur Schopenhauer was entitled to control of his part when he reached the age of majority
in 1805
and earned annual interest that was more than double the salary of a university professor.
in 1805
in honor of his dead father, and because of his own doubts about being too old to start a life of a scholar.
in 1805
to " You are unbearable and burdensome, and very hard to live with; all your good qualities are overshadowed by your conceit, and made useless to the world simply because you cannot restrain your propensity to pick holes in other people."
in 1805
in Hamburg
left his mother, and lived with his friend Jean Anthime who was also studying to become a merchant
in 1807
in Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
but he also enjoyed social life among local nobility spending large amounts of money which caused concern to his frugal mother
in 1808
in Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
after writing a satirical poem about one of the lecturers. Although Arthur claimed that he left voluntarily, his mothers letter indicates that he was expelled
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