Bøger af Arthur Schopenhauer

A disciple of Kant and a significant factor in shaping Nietzsche's thinking, Arthur Schopenhauer worked from the foundation that all knowledge derives from our experience of the world, but that our experience is necessarily subjective and formed by our own intellect and biases: reality, therefore, is but an extension of our own will. In this essay, translated by THOMAS BAILEY SAUNDERS (1860-1928) and first published in English in the 1890s, Schopenhauer explores concepts of what internal driving forces and external interpersonal dynamics contribute to the individual's happiness, from our own personalities to our wealth and social standing. The datedness of some of Schopenhauer's ideas-including a decidedly prefeminist interpretation of women's choices and a connection between fame and reputation that is no longer always active in our celebrity culture-only serve to highlight the philopher's basic assumption of human life: that it is characterized chiefly by misery. Students of philosophy and of 19th-century intellectualism will find this a fascinating read.

Contains Schopenhauer's entire surviving philosophical notes, from his university years until his death in 1860. This historico-critical edition of Schopenhauer's manuscript provides insight into the workings of Schopenhauer's mind and an important key to his philosophical work.

CONTENTSThe Art of ControversyPreliminary: Logic and DialecticThe Basis of All DialecticStratagemsOn the Comparative Place of Interest and Beauty in Works of ArtPsychological ObservationsOn the Wisdom of Life: AphorismsGenius and Virtue

Contains Schopenhauer's entire surviving philosophical notes, from his university years until his death in 1860. This historico-critical edition of Schopenhauer's manuscript provides insight into the workings of Schopenhauer's mind and an important key to his philosophical work.

Contains Schopenhauer's surviving philosophical notes, from his university years until his death in 1860. Translated into English, this work provides an insight into the workings of Schopenhauer's mind and an important key to his philosophical work.

CONTENTSOn the Sufferings of the WorldOn the Vanity of ExistenceOn SuicideImmortality: A DialoguePsychological ObservationsOn EducationOf WomenOn NoiseA Few Parables

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

"Schopenhauer's analyses of causation and related concepts . . . rival and probably surpass in their depth and brilliance the more celebrated discussions of David Hume. Where Hume grossly oversimplified these problems and left them riddled with paradoxes, Schopenhauer disentangled them and shed light on what had seemed hopelessly dark." --Richard Taylor, University of Rochester

With the publication of the Parerga and Paralipomena in 1851, there finally came some measure of the fame that Schopenhauer thought was his due. Described by Schopenhauer himself as 'incomparably more popular than everything up till now', the Parerga is a miscellany of essays addressing themes that complement his work The World as Will and Representation, along with more divergent, speculative pieces. It includes his 'Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life', reflections on fate and clairvoyance, trenchant views on the philosophers and universities of his day, and an enlightening survey of the history of philosophy. The present volume offers a new translation, a substantial introduction explaining the context of the essays, and extensive editorial notes on the different published versions of the work. This readable and scholarly edition will be an essential reference for those studying Schopenhauer, the history of philosophy, and nineteenth-century German philosophy.

"Al filosofi er oprindelig inspireret af dødens genius; tilsvarende kalder Sokrates filosofien "en forberedelse til døden". Ja, uden døden ville der vel næppe filosoferes; der er derfor af grund til at overveje dens væsen.Dyret ved intet om døden, ejer altså som individ rent umiddelbart sin arts hele uforgængelighed, idet det kun er sig bevidst som noget evigtvarende. Samtidig med at mennesket begyndte at tænke, gik døden op for det i al sin gru."Den store tyske filosof Arthur Schopenhauer er kendt som en af hovedkræfter bag den filosofiske retning pessimisme. "Om døden og vort sande væsens uforgængelighed" er mesterligt oversat af Ingeborg Buhl, der gør den ellers svære filosofiske tekst tilgængelig for danske læsere.Den tyske filosof Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) er kendt som hovedfiguren inden for den filosofiske retning pessimisme. Schopenhauer var i høj grad påvirket af buddhisme og Immanuel Kants filosofi, og hans egen filosofi er både et modsvar til og en udvidelse af Kants erkendelsesfilosof. "Verden som vilje og forestilling" (1818) er Schopenhauers mest kendte værk, og hans tanker har påvirket store tænkere, kunstnere og forfattere som Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Lev Tolstoj, Thomas Mann og Ludwig Wittgenstein.

This volume of translations unites three shorter works by Arthur Schopenhauer that expand on themes from his book The World as Will and Representation. In On the Fourfold Root he takes the principle of sufficient reason, which states that nothing is without a reason why it is, and shows how it covers different forms of explanation or ground that previous philosophers have tended to confuse. Schopenhauer regarded this study, which he first wrote as his doctoral dissertation, as an essential preliminary to The World as Will. On Will in Nature examines contemporary scientific findings in search of corroboration of his thesis that processes in nature are all a species of striving towards ends; and On Vision and Colours defends an anti-Newtonian account of colour perception influenced by Goethe's famous colour theory. This is the first English edition to provide extensive editorial notes on the different published versions of these works.

Profound and witty, these essays by the noted philosopher analyze elements of literature and the literary scene. Schopenhauer's observations on style, criticism, reputation, and genius constitute a handbook on writing of enduring value.

What is the meaning of life? How should I live? Is there any purpose to the universe? Generations have turned to the great German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer because he tackled the big issues. This title presents a collection of Schopenhauer's work.