Schopenhauer
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:28th Mar '08
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£82.95(9781405134798)
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.
"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, valuable for those approaching Schopenhauer for the first time and for those who have been with him for years."
- David Cartwright, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
ISBN: 9781405134804
Dimensions: 231mm x 152mm x 17mm
Weight: 327g
216 pages