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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.

Schopenhauer

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 28/03/2008
    ISBN13: 9781405134798, 978-1405134798
    ISBN10: 1405134798

    Number of Pages: 216

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description

    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.

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