# Arthur Schopenhauer — What Is Art? character guide

> Arthur Schopenhauer in What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Philosopher whose pessimism and art theory are discussed.

## In the story

### [Chapter III: Aesthetic Theories of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/iii)

Opposes Hegel, viewing beauty as objectification of Will on various planes.

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