Peter Wessel Zapffe
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 1
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- December 18, 1899
- Died
- October 12, 1990
- Place of birth
- Asker, Norway
Biography
Peter Wessel Zapffe was a Norwegian philosopher, author, artist, lawyer and mountaineer. He is often noted for his philosophically pessimistic and fatalistic view of human existence. His system of philosophy was inspired by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, as well as his firm advocacy of antinatalism.
