{"product_id":"schopenhauer-hardback-9781405134798","title":"Schopenhauer (Hardback) 9781405134798","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSchopenhauer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Robert Wicks offers a highly accessible introduction to Schopenhauer's philosophy, giving prominence to the central ethical notions of tranquility and wanting less, which he compares in illuminating fashion with Buddhism.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Chris Janaway, University of Southampton  \u003cp\u003e\"Robert Wicks' \u003ci\u003eSchopenhauer\u003c\/i\u003e is a perspicacious and perspicuous elucidation of the great pessimist's thoughts. This is a fine work of philosophical scholarship, valuable for those approaching Schopenhauer for the first time and for those who have been with him for years.\"\u003cbr\u003e -David Cartwright, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert J. Wicks (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405134798, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 March 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.463 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Perhaps because its potential readership is scarcely larger than the potential authorship, the genre of introductory books on Schopenhauer is of uniformly high quality. The great pessimist would surely be confounded and joyful at the situation, but books whose titles contain little if anything other than the name ‘Schopenhauer’ are generally excellent. I am pleased to report that Robert Wicks's recent effort is no exception.” (\u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis innovative volume presents an insightful philosophical portrait of the life and work of Arthur Schopenhauer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the concept of the sublime as it clarifies Schopenhauer's aesthetic theory, moral theory and asceticism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the substantial relationships between Schopenhauer's philosophy and Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefends Schopenhauer's position that absolute truth can be known and described as a blindly striving, all-permeating, universal \"Will\";\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the influence of Asian philosophy on Schopenhauer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes the relationships between Schopenhauer's thought and that of Hegel, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter One: The Philosophy of a Nonconformist (1788-1860).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The Unsettled Years: 1788-1831.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. The Stable Years: 1833-1860.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Schopenhauer’s Theoretical Philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Historical Background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Mind-Dependent Qualities versus Mind-Independent Qualities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Space and Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: The Principle of Sufficient Reason.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The Root of All Explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. The Four Basic Forms of Explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Schopenhauer’s Idealism and his Criticism of Kant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The Rejection of a Mind-Independent Reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Kant’s Theory of Perception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Kant’s Use of the Term “Object”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. The Logic of Manifestation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: The World in Itself as a Meaningless and Almighty Will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Universal Subjectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. The World as Will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. The Two-Tiered Objectification of the Will: Platonic Ideas and Spatio-Temporal Individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Critical Interpretations of the World as Will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Scientific Knowledge, Philosophical Knowledge, and Mystical Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Regular Time versus the Eternal Present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Schopenhauer’s Practical Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Endless Suffering in the Daily World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. A Universal Will Without Purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. The Purposelessness of Schopenhauer’s Thing-in-Itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Life as Embittering: Schopenhauer and Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Tranquility I: Sublimity, Genius, and Aesthetic Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Platonic Ideas and Aesthetic Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Artistic Genius and the Communication Theory of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. The Hierarchy of the Visual and Verbal Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Tragedy and Sublimity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Music and Metaphysical Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Tranquility II: Christlike Virtue and Moral Awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Empathy as the Foundation of Moral Awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Intelligible, Empirical, and Acquired Character.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Humanity’s Sublime Anguish.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Tranquility III: Asceticism, Mysticism, and Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The Possibility of the Denial-of-the-Will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Christian Quietism, Yogic Ecstasy, and Buddhist Enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Asceticism and Spiritual Purification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Schopenhauer in Perspective\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Eternal Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The Question of Life’s Value.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Funereal Imagery and Nietzsche’s Theory of Tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Schopenhauer’s Moral Awareness and Eternal Recurrence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. The Eternalistic Illusion of Supreme Health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Nietzsche’s Madness and Eternalistic Consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: Schopenhauer, Hegel, and Alienated Labor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The World’s Essence: Rational or Irrational?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Labor, Imprisonment, and Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. The World as Will and Representation and “Self-Consciousness” in Hegel’s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhenomenology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein, and the Unspeakable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The Quest for Absolute Value.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. What the Philosophical Investigations Cannot Say.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Idealism and the Will to Peace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The Plausibility of Schopenhauer’s Idealism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. The Explanatory Weakness of a Blind and Senseless Will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. The Prospect of Peace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437767684376,"sku":"9781405134798","price":77.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405134798.jpg?v=1784938829","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/schopenhauer-hardback-9781405134798","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}