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For Mainländer, the "will to live" is actually a fragmented "will to die" inherited from the original divine act. He believed that:

Philipp Mainländer was born on November 5, 1841, in Gießen, Grand Duchy of Hesse (now Germany). His original name was Philipp Büttner, but he later changed it to Mainländer. He studied philosophy, theology, and law at the University of Giessen and later at the University of Berlin. Mainländer's academic background was marked by a deep interest in philosophy, particularly in the works of Arthur Schopenhauer, whose pessimistic views would later shape his own philosophical outlook. philipp mainlander

Mainländer describes the Big Bang not as a scientific expansion of matter, but as the moment the divine unity shattered into multiplicity. The purpose of this fragmentation was to dilute the intensity of God's suffering. By breaking apart into countless individual beings—humans, animals, plants, and stars—the agony of existence was distributed and lessened. Consequently, the driving force of the universe is what Mainländer calls the "Will to Death." Every organism does not strive for life, as Darwinists or optimists might suggest, but rather strives toward its own dissolution. Life is merely a detour toward the inevitable destination of non-being. For Mainländer, the "will to live" is actually

Mainländer's philosophy had a significant impact on various intellectual and artistic movements, including: He studied philosophy, theology, and law at the