Schopenhauer on the Character of the World
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19th century german philosophy
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abstract concepts
aesthetics
alleged inconsistencies
arthur schopenhauer
asceticism
atheistic metaphysical system
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being
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eastern thought
epistemology
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ethical system
ethics
existence
german philosopher
identity
knowing
metaphysical will
ontology
phenomenal world
philosophical pessimism
philosophy
principle of things
representation
self knowledge
space
the world as will and representation
time
transcendental idealism
translated work
world as appearance
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- ISBN 9780520087705
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Mar 1995
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The most extensive English-language study of Schopenhauer's metaphysics of the will yet published, this book represents a major contribution to Schopenhauer scholarship. Here, John E. Atwell critically but sympathetically examines the philosopher's main work, The World as Will and Representation, demonstrating that the philosophical system it puts forth does constitute a consistent whole. The author holds that this system is centered on a single thought, "The world is self-knowledge of the will." He then traces this unifying concept through the four books of The World as Will and Representation, and, in the process, dissolves the work's alleged inconsistencies.
John E. Atwell, Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, is author of Schopenhauer: The Human Character (1990) and Ends and Principles in Kant's Moral Thought (1986).
