Schopenhauer : a very short introduction
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002
- 137 p. ; ill., facsims., ports., 18 cm
- Very short introductions ; 62 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schopenhauer is the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Schopenhauer's central notion is that of the will - a blind, irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind and the whole of nature. Seeing human behaviour as that of a natural organism governed by the will to life, Schopenhauer developed radical insights concerning the unconscious and sexuality which influenced both psychologists and philosophers.
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Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860 Philosophy, German Philosophers, German Appearance Asceticism Character Determinism Egoism Johann Gottlieb Fichte Freud, Sigmund Genius Kant,Immanuel Love Nietzsche, Friedrich Metaphysics Motive Non-existence Representation Self Will Salvation Suffering Sufficient reason Wittgenstein, Ludwig