Death, contemplation and Schopenhauer / R. Raj Singh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singh, R. Raj, 1948-

Series:

Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy.

Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.

Schopenhauer, Arthur.

Death.

Contemplation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The connections between death, contemplation and the contemplative life have been a recurrent theme in the canons of both western and eastern philosophical thought. This book examines the classical sources of this philosophical literature, in particular Plato's Phaedo and the Katha Upanishad and then proceeds to a sustained analysis and critical assessment of the sources and standpoints of a single thinker, Arthur Schopenhauer, whose work comprehensively pursues this problem. The book traces the pivotal issue of death through the whole range of Schopenhauer's writings uncovering the deeper con

Contents:

The word and the deed of Socrates

The Katha Upanishad : an Eastern classic on death

Schopenhauer : Book IV of The world as will and representation

Schopenhauer and Indian thought

Schopenhauer : the supplementary essays

Schopenhauer : the later essays.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-120) and index.

ISBN:

1-315-57597-3

1-317-15441-X

1-281-09964-3

9786611099640

0-7546-8706-6

9781315575971

OCLC:

367582249