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Schopenhauer
Robert J. Wicks
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Description for Schopenhauer
Hardback. This innovative volume presents an insightful philosophical portrait of the life and work of Arthur Schopenhauer. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
This innovative volume presents an insightful philosophical portrait of the life and work of Arthur Schopenhauer.
This innovative volume presents an insightful philosophical portrait of the life and work of Arthur Schopenhauer.
- Focuses on the concept of the sublime as it clarifies Schopenhauer’s aesthetic theory, moral theory and asceticism
- Explores the substantial relationships between Schopenhauer’s philosophy and Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity
- Defends Schopenhauer’s position that absolute truth can be known and described as a blindly striving, all-permeating, universal “Will”
- Examines the influence of Asian philosophy on Schopenhauer
- Describes the relationships between Schopenhauer’s thought and that of Hegel, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Great Minds
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405134798
SKU
V9781405134798
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99-50
About Robert J. Wicks
Robert Wicks is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. He is the author of Modern French Philosophy: From Existentialism to Postmodernism (2003), Nietzsche (2002), and Hegel's Theory of Aesthetic Judgment (1994). He is also the author of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Schopenhauer.
Reviews for Schopenhauer
“Perhaps because its potential readership is scarcely larger than the potential authorship, the genre of introductory books on Schopenhauer is of uniformly high quality. The great pessimist would surely be confounded and joyful at the situation, but books whose titles contain little if anything other than the name ‘Schopenhauer’ are generally excellent. I am pleased to report that Robert Wicks's ... Read more