LEADER 04116nam 22006612 450 001 9910779886303321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-89105-7 010 $a1-107-24144-8 010 $a1-107-57025-5 010 $a1-107-25100-1 010 $a1-107-24768-3 010 $a1-107-25017-X 010 $a1-139-16924-6 010 $a1-107-24851-5 010 $a1-107-24934-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000001095253 035 $a(EBL)1357345 035 $a(OCoLC)857364908 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000888134 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11932364 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000888134 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10865521 035 $a(PQKB)10228753 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139169240 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1357345 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1357345 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10718540 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL502000 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001095253 100 $a20111011d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSchopenhauer and the aesthetic standpoint $ephilosophy as a practice of the sublime /$fSophia Vasalou$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 237 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-02440-4 311 $a1-299-70749-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction ; Wonder : a starting point -- a category for investigation? -- A riddle and its answer ; The inward turn of philosophy and the metaphysics of the will ; Aesthetic contemplation -- Philosophy as : aesthetic ; Confronting the fear of death : Schopenhauer's methods in conflict? ; The aesthetic standpoint of philosophy ; Inward, outward -- forward through rational argument? The "argument from analogy" revisited -- Philosophy as : sublime ; Sub specie aeternitatis : philosophy as a practice of the sublime ; An "intoxicating vision" : the philosophical sublime in its context and phenomenology -- Reading Schopenhauer ; Why read Schopenhauer? Philosophical approaches and appraisals ; Argument and expression in Schopenhauer's philosophy ; Re-examining Schopenhauer's pessimism -- From aesthetics to ethics ; Engaging Schopenhauer ethically : a leap? ; The cosmic viewpoint in context : flights of the soul in ancient philosophy ; Greatness of soul : a standpoint and its ethical character -- An ethics of redescent? ; Regaining the open sea : certainty, vulnerability, humility ; Greatness of soul and the quest for the good. 330 $aWith its pessimistic vision and bleak message of world-denial, it has often been difficult to know how to engage with Schopenhauer's philosophy. Schopenhauer's arguments have seemed flawed and his doctrines marred by inconsistencies; his very pessimism almost too flamboyant to be believable. Yet a way of redrawing this engagement stands open, Sophia Vasalou argues, if we attend more closely to the visionary power of Schopenhauer's work. The aim of this book is to place the aesthetic character of Schopenhauer's standpoint at the heart of the way we read his philosophy and the way we answer the question: why read Schopenhauer - and how? Approaching his philosophy as an enactment of the sublime with a longer history in the ancient philosophical tradition, Vasalou provides a fresh way of assessing Schopenhauer's relevance in critical terms. This book will be valuable for students and scholars with an interest in post-Kantian philosophy and ancient ethics. 517 3 $aSchopenhauer & the Aesthetic Standpoint 606 $aAesthetics 606 $aSublime, The 615 0$aAesthetics. 615 0$aSublime, The. 676 $a193 700 $aVasalou$b Sophia$01006619 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779886303321 996 $aSchopenhauer and the aesthetic standpoint$93729576 997 $aUNINA