About Philipp Mainländer
Philipp Mainländer was a German philosopher and poet. Born Philipp Batz, he later changed his name to "Mainländer" in homage to his hometown, Offenbach am Main. During this critical period of his life, Mainländer discovered Arthur Schopenhauer's central work The World as Will and Representation. During the four months leading up to his conscription, Mainländer, obsessed with work, composed the first volume of his main work Die Philosophie der Erlösung. During the night of 1 April, in his Offenbach apartment, and very shortly after the publication of the first volume of his main work, Mainländer hanged himself. Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (1846–1919), the first prominent Dutch socialist, considered Mainländer's work a "great contribution" for socialism.
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