AMONG 19th century philosophers, Arthur Schopenhauer was amongthe first to contend that at its core, the universe is not arational place. Schopenhauer developed an instinct-recognizing and ultimatelyascetic outlook, emphasizing that in the face of a world Filledwith endless strife, we ought to minimize our natural desires toachieve a more tranquil frame of mind and a disposition towardsuniversal beneficence. Since his death in 1860, his philosophy has had a specialattraction for those who wonder about life's meaning, along withthose engaged in music,literature, and the visual arts.
【作者简介】:
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAURER(1788-1860) was a German philosopher knownfor his pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, hepublished his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of thePrinciple of Sufficient Reason, which examined the four separatemanifestations of reason in the phenomenal world. Schopenhauer's metaphysical analysis of will, his views on humanmotivation and desire, and his aphoristic writing style influencedmany well-known thinkers including Friedrich Nietzsche,Richard Wagner, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Erwin Schrodinger, Albert Einstein,Sigmund Freud, Otto Rank, Carl Gustav Jung, Leo Tolstoy, and JorgeLuis Borges.
【目录】:
THE WISDOM OF LIFE PRELIMINARY BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON AUTHORSHIP AND STYLE ON NOISE ON READING AND BOOKS THE EMPTINESS OF EXISTENCE ON WOMEN THINKING FOR ONESELF SHORT DIALOGUE ON THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF OUR TRUE BEING BY DEATH RELIGION PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS METAPHYSICS OF LOVE PHYSIOGNOMY ON SUICIDE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE HUMAN NATURE GOVERNMENT FREE-WILL AND FATALISM CHARACTER MORAL INSTINCT ETHICAL REFLECTIONS
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