@PhilosophyExp the web claims there was a lawsuit about it in Berlin in 1821. Caroline Luise Marguet was her name. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schopenhauer/ …
A question for twitter philosophers: Schopenhauer pushing the seamstress down the stairs... Where was story originally documented? Thanks!
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@berkun Thanks, I saw that. But I wondered whether details were written up in an early biography (particular Schop's reaction to her death). -
@PhilosophyExp There's a pile of searchable Schopenhauer biographies on google books: https://www.google.com/search?q=Schopenhauer&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 … -
@berkun Yup, thanks! I always forget to look at Google books. It's a useful resource for this sort of thing.
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@PhilosophyExp Cartwright's biography of Schopenhauer covers it http://j.mp/SonQhT -
@jasonwryan Brilliant, thanks. I always forget to check Google books. -
@PhilosophyExp No problem; I'd hate to see Arthur impugned without a citation…
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