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Autore: | Wicks Robert <1954-> |
Titolo: | Schopenhauer's The world as will and representation : a reader's guide / / Robert Wicks |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina: | 193 |
Soggetto topico: | Philosophy |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Schopenhauer's The world as will and representation |
ISBN: | 1-283-08896-7 |
0-8264-3181-X | |
9786613088963 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828620003321 |
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