Peter Wessel Zapffe (18 December 1899 – 12 October 1990) was a Norwegian philosopher, author, artist, lawyer and mountaineer. He is often noted for his...
16 KB (1,559 words) - 07:35, 18 October 2024
philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe. One of his most significant works, this approximately 10 pages long essay would later be expanded upon in Zapffe’s book, On...
7 KB (942 words) - 14:32, 13 October 2023
Zapffe, Peter Wessel (2024/1941). On the Tragic. Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN 978-1-636-67488-9 Essays Zapffe, Peter Wessel...
107 KB (13,381 words) - 23:42, 20 October 2024
Antinatalism (section Peter Wessel Zapffe)
ISBN 978-0-19-937811-1. Zapffe, Peter Wessel (2004). "The Last Messiah". Philosophy Now (45): 35–39. P. W. Zapffe, Om det tragiske, Oslo: Pax Forlag, 1996. Zapffe, P. W...
80 KB (10,088 words) - 12:35, 15 October 2024
espoused philosophically pessimistic views include Emil Cioran, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Eugene Thacker, Thomas Ligotti, David Benatar, and Julio Cabrera...
80 KB (9,581 words) - 00:42, 15 October 2024
invoked the influence of philosophers such as Arthur Schopenhauer and Peter Wessel Zapffe. Ligotti has suffered from chronic anxiety and anhedonia for much...
20 KB (2,048 words) - 23:23, 15 August 2024
African Republic Wessel Roux (born 1975), South African rugby player Wessel Jacobus Wessels (1865-1945), Boer general Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899 – 1990),...
3 KB (406 words) - 10:57, 27 February 2024
Peter Wessel Zapffe. In his essay Happiness Is for the Pigs: Philosophy versus Psychotherapy (1966), he formulated his attempt to "out-Zapffe Zapffe"...
3 KB (275 words) - 11:42, 19 December 2023
Meaning of life Nihilism Non sequitur (literary device) Pataphysics Peter Wessel Zapffe Philosophical pessimism The Stranger (novel) Theatre of the Absurd...
76 KB (9,964 words) - 15:55, 28 September 2024
Zapffe, Peter Wessel. "The Last Messiah". Philosophy Now (45). Gualeni, Stefano; Vella, Daniel (2021). "Existential Ludology and Peter Wessel Zapffe"...
90 KB (11,051 words) - 00:19, 5 October 2024
Olga Plümacher Philipp Mainländer Eduard von Hartmann Agnes Taubert Peter Wessel Zapffe Emil Cioran Julio Cabrera David Benatar Concepts Antinatalism Duḥkha...
34 KB (3,561 words) - 20:47, 6 September 2024
under the rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu. The Trouble with Being Born Peter Wessel Zapffe The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Cioran, Emil (1992) [Originally...
10 KB (1,232 words) - 05:09, 27 September 2023
the inevitability of death makes all ambition in life pointless. Peter Wessel Zapffe's view is that humans are born with an overdeveloped skill (understanding...
11 KB (1,452 words) - 04:59, 19 October 2024
1920) 1990 – Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (b. 1926) 1990 – Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian physician, mountaineer, and author (b. 1899) 1991 – Sheila...
62 KB (6,091 words) - 06:48, 19 October 2024
Olga Plümacher Philipp Mainländer Eduard von Hartmann Agnes Taubert Peter Wessel Zapffe Emil Cioran Julio Cabrera David Benatar Concepts Antinatalism Duḥkha...
71 KB (9,462 words) - 10:46, 20 October 2024
nihilist and antinatalist views. Among other sources, Ligotti cites Peter Wessel Zapffe's essay "The Last Messiah" and the writings of Emil Cioran (1911–1995)...
10 KB (1,009 words) - 08:29, 29 July 2024
Warren Ellis cites as an influence the nihilist philosophies of Thacker and Peter Sjöstedt-H for his 2017 series Karnak: The Flaw in All Things, a re-imagining...
28 KB (2,848 words) - 17:05, 2 September 2024
Olga Plümacher Philipp Mainländer Eduard von Hartmann Agnes Taubert Peter Wessel Zapffe Emil Cioran Julio Cabrera David Benatar Concepts Antinatalism Duḥkha...
18 KB (2,205 words) - 22:02, 17 October 2024
for the Norwegian philosopher, humourist, author and mountaineer Peter Wessel Zapffe is located near the summit of Vesttoppen. Under good conditions in...
7 KB (582 words) - 15:54, 16 April 2022
Jacopo Zabarella (1533–1589)[1][4][5] Edward N. Zalta (born 1952) Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899–1990) Zeami Motokiyo (c. 1363 – c. 1443)[4] Eduard Zeller (1814–1908)...
28 KB (3,025 words) - 23:23, 10 July 2024
Olga Plümacher Philipp Mainländer Eduard von Hartmann Agnes Taubert Peter Wessel Zapffe Emil Cioran Julio Cabrera David Benatar Concepts Antinatalism Duḥkha...
15 KB (1,914 words) - 21:51, 25 August 2024
who emigrated in 1903 Cora Sandel (1880–1974), writer and painter Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899–1990), metaphysician, author, lawyer, and mountaineer Lars...
120 KB (9,255 words) - 22:00, 12 October 2024
of Norwegian philosophers Arne Naess, Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng, and Peter Wessel Zapffe. The project promotes the inherent worth of living beings regardless...
4 KB (480 words) - 19:00, 27 December 2023
Scheler, Ernst Cassirer, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Humberto Maturana, Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze...
24 KB (2,970 words) - 13:46, 20 August 2024
by other philosophers like Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899–1990), who used biology as the foundation of his philosophy. Zapffe first set out his ideas in Den...
5 KB (642 words) - 19:02, 30 January 2023
significant impact on European and African literary existentialism Peter Wessel Zapffe December 18, 1899 – October 12, 1990 Norway Philosopher Founded biosophy...
14 KB (202 words) - 00:16, 15 December 2023
York exchanges and the Produce Exchange Trust Company failed. Born: Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian author and philosopher; in Tromsø (d. 1990) Died: Fred...
23 KB (2,452 words) - 18:08, 23 September 2024
nature and environmental protection, and influenced by Arne Næss, Peter Wessel Zapffe and Henri Bergson, he eventually developed his own original variant...
5 KB (414 words) - 14:30, 2 August 2024
Fletcher Henderson, American pianist and composer (d. 1952) 1899 – Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian philosopher and author (d. 1990) 1904 – George Stevens...
49 KB (4,778 words) - 18:20, 14 October 2024
She later returned to London with her company and performed in Peter Wessel Zapffe'sThe Prodigal Son. During her era, Carroll was one of the few women...
16 KB (1,841 words) - 19:04, 26 May 2024