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SCHOPENHAUER: 25 (Blackwell Great Minds)

SCHOPENHAUER: 25 (Blackwell Great Minds)

by WICKS (Author)

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    Hardcover 2008

    $100.90
Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 216
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 15 Apr 2008
ISBN 10: 1405134798
ISBN 13: 9781405134798

Media Reviews
Perhaps because its potential readership is scarcely larger than the potential authorship, the genre of introductory books on Schopenhauer is of uniformly high quality. The great pessimist would surely be confounded and joyful at the situation, but books whose titles contain little if anything other than the name 'Schopenhauer' are generally excellent. I am pleased to report that Robert Wicks's recent effort is no exception. ( Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews )
Author Bio
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.