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Peter wessel zapffe biography definition

          Peter Wessel Zapffe (18 December – 12 October ) was a.!

          Zapffe was not only a philos- opher, but also a writer, literary critic, humorist, en- vironmentalist and alpine climber.

        1. Peter Wessel Zapffe (–) was a Norwegian thinker and mountaineer with a pessimistic view on existence.
        2. Peter Wessel Zapffe (18 December – 12 October ) was a.
        3. Peter Wessel Zapffe was a Norwegian philosopher, writer, environmentalist, mountaineer, literary critic, and humorist who was born in the arctic.
        4. But first, a biography of Zapffe to put his work into context.

          5. Peter Wessel Zapffe

          Norwegian philosopher (1899–1990)

          Peter Wessel Zapffe (18 December 1899 – 12 October 1990) was a Norwegian philosopher, author, artist, lawyer and mountaineer.

          He is often noted for his philosophically pessimistic and fatalistic view of human existence.[2] His system of philosophy was inspired by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, as well as his firm advocacy of antinatalism.[3] His thoughts regarding the error of human life are presented in the essay "The Last Messiah" ("Den sidste Messias", 1933).[4] This essay is a shorter version of his best-known work, the philosophical treatise On the Tragic (Om det tragiske, 1941).[2]

          Philosophical work

          Zapffe's view is that humans are born with an overdeveloped consciousness (self-reflection, self-knowledge) which does not fit into nature's design.

          The human craving for justification on matters such as life, death and meaning cannot be satisfied, hence hu