| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 161 pages) |
| Series |
Continuum guides for the perplexed |
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Guides for the perplexed.
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| Contents |
A contemplative life -- The world as representation -- The world as will -- Suffering and pointlessness -- Aesthetics and the art -- Enigma of love -- A welcome to Eastern thought -- Ethics and eternal justice -- Death, philosophy, and after-life-- Denial and asceticism |
| Summary |
Arthur Schopenhauer is a widely read, admired and intriguing philosopher whose ideas have had a profound impact on some of the greatest minds of the last two centuries. He is known for his powerful but simple prose-style and a philosophy that tackles everyday life. Yet even the most sympathetic and intelligent reader of his works is likely to be perplexed by seeming inconsistencies and unconventional tone of a number of his major claims. Schopenhauer: A Guide for the Perplexed is a clear and thorough account of Schopenhauer's philosophy, his major works and ideas, providing an ideal guide to t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-154) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009044989 |
| ISBN |
1441128255 (electronic bk.) |
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9781441128256 (electronic bk.) |
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