| Edition |
Rev. ed. |
| Physical description |
1 online resource (x, 465 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Schopenhauer's Life as Background to his Work -- The Ends of Explanation -- The Great Tradition -- More Arguments for Transcendental Idealism -- Objects and Subjects -- Bodies and Wills -- The World as Will -- The Flower of Existence -- Metaphysics of the Person -- Some Criticisms and Problems -- Schopenhauer as Essayist and Aphorist -- Schopenhauer and the Idealists -- Schopehauer and Later Thinkers -- Schopenhauer's Influence on Wittenstein -- A Note on Schopenhauer and Buddhism -- Schopenhauer's Addendum on Homosexuality -- Schopenhauer and Wagner -- A Conjecture about Dylan Thomas -- Misunderstanding Schopenhauer -- Schopenhauer's Reputation. |
| Summary |
Magee includes a brief biography of Schopenhauer, a systematic exposition of his thought, and a critical discussion of the problems to which it gives rise and of its influence on a wide range of thinkers and artists. |
| Subject |
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.
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| Abbreviated title |
The philosophy of Schopenhauer
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| ISBN |
0198237235 (alk. paper) |
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9780198237235 (alk. paper) |
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0198237227 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780198237228 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780191706233 (ebook) |
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019170623X (ebook) |
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