The are two major ways in which Arthur Schopenhauer’s works and thought are related to those of Spinoza. First, despite being the self-proclaimed primary torch-bearer of the Kantian legacy, Schopenhauer develops a metaphysics of a thing-in-itself in notable ways not unlike that of Spinoza. Second, by the nineteenth century Spinoza’s fortunes had been effectually reversed; accordingly, Schopenhauer discusses his ideas relatively neutrally, as part of the philosophical tradition.