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The philosophy of Schopenhauer / by Bryan Magee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magee, Bryan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.
- Schopenhauer, Arthur.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (476 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a revised and enlarged version of Bryan Magee's widely praised study of Schopenhauer, the most comprehensive book on this great philosopher. It contains 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. For this new edition Bryan Magee has added three new chapters and made many minor revisions and correctionsthroughout. This new edition will consolidate the book's standing as the definitive study of Schopenhauer.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Prefatory Note
- Note on the Revised Edition
- PART 1
- 1 Schopenhauer's Life as Background to his Work
- 2 The Ends of Explanation
- 3 The Great Tradition
- 4 More Arguments for Transcendental Idealism
- 5 Objects and Subjects
- 6 Bodies and Wills
- 7 The World as Will
- 8 The Flower of Existence
- 9 Metaphysics of the Person
- 10 Some Criticisms and Problems
- 11 Additions and Omissions
- PART 2
- 12 Schopenhauer and the Idealists
- 13 Schopenhauer and Later Thinkers
- 14 Schopenhauer's Influence on Wittgenstein
- 15 A Note on Schopenhauer and Buddhism
- 16 Schopenhauer's Addendum on Homosexuality
- 17 Schopenhauer and Wagner
- 18 Schopenhauer's Influence on Creative Writers
- 19 A Conjecture about Dylan Thomas
- 20 Schopenhauer's Reputation in its Changing Historical Context
- 21 Misunderstanding Schopenhauer
- Appendix
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-98105-2
- 9786611981051
- 0-19-151989-8
- OCLC:
- 646795023
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