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Description for Schopenhauer
Paperback. This innovative volume presents an insightful philosophical portrait of the life and work of Arthur Schopenhauer. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
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
Paperback
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
9781405134804
SKU
V9781405134804
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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
"Robert Wicks offers a highly accessible introduction to Schopenhauer's philosophy, giving prominence to the central ethical notions of tranquility and wanting less, which he compares in illuminating fashion with Buddhism." - Chris Janaway, University of Southampton "Robert Wicks' Schopenhauer is a perspicacious and perspicuous elucidation of the great pessimist's thoughts. This is a fine work of philosophical scholarship, ... Read more