Philosophical writings / Arthur Schopenhauer ; edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher.
Philosophical writings / Arthur Schopenhauer ; edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher.
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New York : Continuum, 1994.
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1994.
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English
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xxi, 300 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Wolfgang Schirmacher -- Works on Schopenhauer -- 1. On Thinking for Oneself -- 2. On the Affirmation of the Will-to-Live -- 3. Additional Remarks on the Doctrine of the Vanity of Existence -- 4. Additional Remarks on the Doctrine of the Suffering of the World -- 5. On Suicide -- 6. On...
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New York : Continuum, 1994.
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New York (State)
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1994.
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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) is to this day the most widely read philosopher in Germany. As the composer Richard Wagner also noted, with Schopenhauer one may finally give voice to the secretly held belief that the world is essentially bad. This blunt honesty is Schopenhauer's trademark. Perhaps no philosopher matches him in relating metaphysical...
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Philosophical writings / Arthur Schopenhauer ; edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher.
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The German library ; v. 27.
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74VMevKRKeWd
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0826407293 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
9780826407283 (hard : alk. paper) :
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9780826407290 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
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193
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