The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism.
For those who are familiar with Schopenhauer's view on existence and humanity (spoiler alert: he is not a big fan) this pithy essay won't be much of a surprise. His advice boils down to: If you are gifted with intellect or artistic ability, devote yourself to it, and seek not fame; because art is long, life is short, commerce is idiotic, and most men are fools anyway.
This selection of his writings on religion, ethics. One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women and many other themes is taken from Schopenhauer's last work, Parerga and.
Schopenhauer is one of the few philosophers who can be generally understood without a commentary. All his theories claim to be drawn direct from the facts, to be suggested by observation, and to interpret the world as it is; and whatever view he takes, he is constant in his appeal to the experience of common life.
This study analyzes the presence, appropriation and influence of India in the period of genesis of the Schopenhauer's philosophy (1811-1818). In order to sustain such a thesis, this work tries to develop a rigorous analyzis, both philosophic and historic. The historical materials analyzed here are three works consulted by the philosopher and borrowed from the libraries of Weimar and Dresden.
If the intellect were not of a subordinate nature, as the two preceding chapters show, then everything which takes place without it, i.e., without intervention of the idea, such as reproduction, the development and maintenance of the organism, the healing of wounds, the restoration or vicarious supplementing of mutilated parts, the salutary crisis in diseases, the works of the mechanical skill.
He introduces his essay with the idea that The Art of Being Right: 38 Ways to Win an Argument (Die Kunst, Recht zu beleidigen, 1831) is an acidulous and sarcastic treatise written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in sardonic deadpan.
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