In 1854, Wagner first read Schopenhauer, and was struck by the philosopher's theories on aesthetics.

He read Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Kant when only fourteen years old and excelled at languages.

(Wagner had been reading Schopenhauer.)

I was reading Schopenhauer last night.

But I love reading him and Schopenhauer.

Beckmann read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer and like other misguided souls admired the mystic Madame Blavatsky.

But now he launches a massive effort to restore himself: five-mile runs at dawn, drinking fruit juices, reading Schopenhauer - all the mean astringents.

By 13, Powell had already read Schopenhauer but had been forbidden to go to high school.

He was a brainy ne'er-do-well who escaped from prison three times, read Schopenhauer for fun and loved to stroll through the roses at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Thomas Mann compared reading Spengler's book to reading Schopenhauer for the first time.