Schopenhauer

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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.

About the Author

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.

Features

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
Forms part of the Blackwell Great Minds series

Series

Blackwell Great Minds

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