The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims - Softcover

Schopenhauer, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1684222680 ISBN 13: 9781684222681

Verlag: Martino Fine Books, 2018

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2018 Reprint of 1901 and 1896 Editions. Two titles in one volume. A leading German metaphysician of the 19th century, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) exerted an influence far beyond the world of philosophy, with adherents ranging from Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche to Leo Tolstoy and Thomas Mann. Among Schopenhauer's chief contributions to the field of philosophy are his rejection of the idealism of his contemporaries and his embrace of a practical variety of pessimism. He jettisons the traditional philosophic jargon for a brisk, compelling style that employs direct terms to express the metaphysics of the will. In The Wisdom of Life, an essay from Schopenhauer's final work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), the philosopher favors individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation over the tendency to act on irrational impulses. He examines the ways in which life can be arranged to derive the highest degree of pleasure and success, presents guidelines to achieving this full and rich manner of living, and advises that even a life well lived must always aspire to grander heights.

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was a German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation, in which he developed a system grounded in metaphysical will and philosophical pessimism. His thought influenced later figures including Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, and Thomas Mann. Though not widely recognized during his early career, Schopenhauer's writings gained substantial influence in the later nineteenth century and continue to be studied for their psychological insight and stylistic clarity.

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• Verlag: Martino Fine Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1684222680
• ISBN 13: 9781684222681
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 188
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