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Wicks Robert <1954-> |
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Schopenhauer's The world as will and representation [[electronic resource] ] : a reader's guide / / Robert Wicks |
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London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2011 |
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1-283-08896-7 |
0-8264-3181-X |
9786613088963 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Collana |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; Copyright; Title; 1. Context; 2. Overview of Themes; 3. Reading the Text; Section 1. Schopenhauer's Prefaces to WWR, his Critique of the Kantian Philosophy, and The Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason; Section 2. Book I, Perceptual vs. Abstract Representations, 1-16; Section 3. Book II, Will as Thing-in-Itself, 17-29; Section 4. Book III, Platonic Ideas, Beauty and Art, 30-52; Section 5. Book IV, Ethics and Asceticism, 53-71; 4. Reception and Influence; Notes; Notes for Further Reading; Index |
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Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential texts in nineteenth-century German philosophy. The text provides an avenue through which to introduce and explore a rich assortment of philosophical themes and questions, and represents Schopenhauer's widely discussed attempt to find personal meaning amidst a violent, frustrating and seemingly godless world. Since it was published in 1818, the text has influenced generations of musicians, artists, writers and historians, as well as philosophers. This Reader's Guide presents |
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