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The Oxford Handbook of Schopenhauer (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Schopenhauer (Hardcover)
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More than two hundred years after the publication of his seminal
The World as Will and Representation, Arthur Schopenhauer's
influence is still felt in philosophy and beyond. As one of the
most readable and central philosophers of the 19th century, his
work inspired the most influential thinkers and artists of his
time, including Nietzsche, Freud, and Wagner. Though known
primarily as a herald of philosophical pessimism, the full range of
his contributions is displayed here in a collection of thirty-one
essays on the forefront of Schopenhauer scholarship. Essays written
by contemporary Schopenhauer scholars explore his central notions,
including the will, empirical knowledge, and the sublime, and
widens to the interplay of ethics and religion with Schopenhauer's
philosophy. Authors confront difficult aspects of Schopenhauer's
work and legacy-for example, the extent to which Schopenhauer
adopted ideas from his predecessors compared to how much was
original and visionary in his central claim that reality is a
blind, senseless "will," the effectiveness of his philosophy in the
field of scientific explanation and extrasensory phenomena, and the
role of beauty and sublimity in his outlook. Essays also challenge
prevailing assumptions about Schopenhauer by exploring the
fundamental role of compassion in his moral theory, the Hindu,
Christian, and Buddhist aspects of his philosophy, and the
importance of asceticism in his views on the meaning of life. The
collection is an internationally constituted work that reflects
upon Schopenhauer's philosophy with authors presently working
across the globe. It demonstrates fully the richness of
Schopenhauer's work and his lasting impact on philosophy and
psychoanalysis, as well as upon music, the visual arts, and
literature.
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