Essays and Aphorisms

Essays and Aphorisms
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2004-08-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0141921757

One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes is taken from Schopenhauer's last work, Parerga and Paralipomena, which he published in 1851. These pieces depict humanity as locked in a struggle beyond good and evil, and each individual absolutely free within a Godless world, in which art, morality and self-awareness are our only salvation. This innovative - and pessimistic - view has proved powerfully influential upon philosophy and art, directly affecting the work of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Wagner among others.

The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims

The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2019-11-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This book is a collection of essays by Arthur Schopenhauer, a German philosopher best known for his work 'The World as Will and Representation.' In this work, he characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind noumenal will, building on the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant. Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that rejected the contemporaneous ideas of German idealism. Some of the titles include in this book are 'Care should be taken not to build the happiness of life' and 'Envy is natural to man; and still, it is at once a vice'.

Essays of Schopenhauer

Essays of Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Publisher: The Floating Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1775417875

"These essays are a valuable criticism of life by a man who had a wide experience of life, a man of the world, who possessed an almost inspired faculty of observation. Schopenhauer, of all men, unmistakably observed life at first hand. There is no academic echo in his utterances; he is not one of a school; his voice has no formal intonation; it is deep, full-chested, and rings out its words with all the poignancy of individual emphasis, without bluster, but with unfailing conviction. He was for his time, and for his country, an adept at literary form; but he used it only as a means. "

Decoding Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics

Decoding Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics
Author: Bernardo Kastrup
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1789044278

First proposed more than 200 years ago, Schopenhauer's extraordinarily prescient metaphysics if understood along the lines thoroughly elucidated and substantiated in this volume offers powerful answers not only to the paradoxes of quantum mechanics, but also to modern philosophical dilemmas such as the hard problem of consciousness which plagues mainstream physicalism, and the subject combination problem which plagues constitutive panpsychism. This invaluable treasure of the Western philosophical canon has eluded us so far because Schopenhauer’s argument has been consistently misunderstood and misrepresented, even at the hands of presumed experts. Hoping to change this situation, Decoding Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics, offers a conceptual framework, a decoding key for unlocking the sense of Schopenhauer’s metaphysical contentions in a way that renders them mutually consistent. With this key in mind, even those who earlier dismissed Schopenhauer’s metaphysics should be able to return to it with fresh eyes and at last grasp its meaning. And for those as yet unacquainted with Schopenhauerian thought, this volume offers a succinct and accessible entry path.

On the Basis of Morality

On the Basis of Morality
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1624668496

This edition originally published by Berghahn Books. Schopenhauer's treatise on ethics is presented here in E. F. J. Payne’s definitive translation, based on the Hubscher edition (Wiesbaden, 1946-1950). This edition includes an Introduction by David Cartwright, a translator’s preface, biographical note, selected bibliography, and an index. For convenient reference to passages in Kant's work discussed by Schopenhauer, Academy edition numbers have been added.

Giving Reasons

Giving Reasons
Author: David R. Morrow
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 162466623X

Giving Reasons prepares students to think independently, evaluate information, and reason clearly across disciplines. Accessible to students and effective for instructors, it provides plain-English exercises, helpful appendices, and a variety of online supplements.

Proper Myth

Proper Myth
Author: William F. Van Wert
Publisher: Orchises Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1998
Genre: Mythology, Classical
ISBN: 9780914061670