Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction Paperback / softback
by Christopher (, Birkbeck College, University of London) Janaway
Part of the Very Short Introductions series
Paperback / softback
Description
Schopenhauer is 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 behaviour 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. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages, Halftones throughout
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:21/02/2002
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- ISBN:9780192802590
Information
-
Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages, Halftones throughout
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:21/02/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780192802590
