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Title

The philosophy of Schopenhauer / by Bryan Magee.

Author

Magee, Bryan

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Description

x, 465 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This is a revised and enlarged version of Bryan Magee's widely praised study of Schopenhauer, the most comprehensive book on this great philosopher. It contains a brief biography of Schopenhauer, a systematic exposition of his thought, and a critical discussion of the problems to which it gives rise and of its influence on a wide range of thinkers and artists. For this new edition Magee has added three new chapters and made many minor revisions and corrections throughout. This new edition will consolidate the book's standing as the definitive study of Schopenhauer. --Publisher description.

Subject

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Schopenhauer's Life as Background to his Work -- The Ends of Explanation -- The Great Tradition -- More Arguments for Transcendental Idealism -- Objects and Subjects -- Bodies and Wills -- The World as Will -- The Flower of Existence -- Metaphysics of the Person -- Some Criticisms and Problems -- Schopenhauer as Essayist and Aphorist -- Schopenhauer and the Idealists -- Schopehauer and Later Thinkers -- Schopenhauer's Influence on Wittenstein -- A Note on Schopenhauer and Buddhism -- Schopenhauer's Addendum on Homosexuality -- Schopenhauer and Wagner -- A Conjecture about Dylan Thomas -- Misunderstanding Schopenhauer -- Schopenhauer's Reputation.

ISBN

• 0198237235 (alk. paper)
• 0198237227 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97220691^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library