Schopenhauer : a very short introduction / Christopher Janaway.
Janaway, Christopher.
2002
B3148 .J355 2002 (Mapit)
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Title Schopenhauer : a very short introduction / Christopher Janaway.
Author Janaway, Christopher.
ISBN 9780192802590 paperback
0192802593 paperback
Publication Details Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Language English
Description 137 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Call Number B3148 .J355 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 193
Summary From the Publisher: Schopenhauer is considered to be 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 behavior 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Very short introductions ; 62.
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Preface
Abbreviations and work cited
List of illustrations
1: Schopenhauer's life and works
2: Within and beyond appearance
3: World as will and representation
4: Will, body, and the self
5: Character, sex, and the unconscious
6: Art and ideas
7: Ethics: seeing the world aright
8: Existence and pessimism
9: Schopenhaner's influence
Further reading
Index.

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