Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) crafted one of the most unified philosophical systems by synthesizing Plato, Kant, and Asian religious traditions such as Buddhism and Hinduism into an encyclopedic worldview that combines the empirical science of his day with Eastern mysticism in a radically idealist metaphysics and epistemology.
In The Philosophy of Schopenhauer, Dale Jacquette assesses Schopenhauer's philosophical enterprise and the astonishing implications it has for metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, logic, science, and religion. Jacquette analyses the central topics in Schopenhauer's philosophy, including his so-called pessimistic appraisal of the human condition, his examination of the concept of death, his dualistic analysis of free will, and his simplified non-Kantian theory of morality. His metaphysics of the world as representation and Will - his most important and controversial contribution - is discussed in depth. The legacy of Schopenhauer's ideas, in particular his influence on Nietzsche, who was first a follower and then an arch opponent, and the early Wittgenstein, is explored in the final chapter.
This introduction makes even the most difficult of Schopenhauer's ideas accessible without sacrificing any of their complexity.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-289) and index
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- 193
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- 22
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- B3148
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- J33 2005eb
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- 1 electronic text (xiii, 305 p.)
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Acknowledgements 11
- A note on texts and terminology 12
- Abbreviations 14
- Introduction: Schopenhauer's life and times 16
- 1 Schopenhauer's idealism 26
- 2 Empirical knowledge of the world as representation: from natural science to transcendental metaphysics 55
- 3 Willing and the world as Will 86
- 4 Suffering, salvation, death, and renunciation of the will to life 123
- 5 Art and aesthetics of the beautiful and sublime 160
- 6 Transcendental freedom of Will 195
- 7 Compassion as the philosophical foundation of morality 218
- 8 Schopenhauer's legacy in the philosophy of Nietzsche, Heidegger and the early Wittgenstein 249
- Notes 280
- Bibliography and recommended reading 296
- Index 306
- A 306
- B 307
- C 308
- D 308
- E 309
- F 310
- G 310
- H 311
- I 312
- J 312
- K 312
- L 313
- M 313
- N 315
- O 315
- P 315
- Q 317
- R 317
- S 317
- T 319
- U 319
- V 320
- W 320
- Y 320
- Z 320
