World As Will and Idea by Arthur Schopenhauer (1995, Trade Paperback)

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Unique in western philosophy for his affinity with Eastern thought, Schopenhauer influenced philosophers, writers, and composers including Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Wagner, Tolstoy, Thomas Mann, and Samuel Beckett.

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PublisherOrion Publishing Group, The Limited
ISBN-100460875051
ISBN-139780460875059
eBay Product ID (ePID)1127686

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Original LanguageGerman
Edition2
Book TitleWorld As Will and Idea
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicMovements / Idealism, Eastern, History & Surveys / Modern
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy
AuthorArthur Schopenhauer
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in
Item Weight7.2 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in

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LCCN75-041243
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal193
Table Of ContentThe World as Will and Idea (1819) holds that all nature, including man, is the expression of an insatiable will to life; that the truest understanding of the world comes through art, and the only lasting good through ascetic renunciation. Unique in western philosophy for his affinity with Eastern thought, Schopenhauer influenced philosophers, writers, and composers including Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Wagner, Tolstoy, Thomas Mann, and Samuel Beckett.
SynopsisThe nineteenth-century idealist philosopher and precursor of Freud The World as Will and Idea (1819) holds that all nature, including man, is the expression of an insatiable will to life; that the truest understanding of the world comes through art and the only lasting good through ascetic renunciation. Unique in western philosophy for his affinity with Eastern thought, Schopenhauer influenced philosophers, writers, and composers including Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Wagner, Tolstoy, Thomas Mann, and Samuel Beckett. The Work presented here appeals not only to the student of philosophy but everyone interested in psychology, literature and eastern and western religion. This paperback edition is the most comprehensive available and includes an introduction, bibliography, selected criticism, index and chronology of Schopenhauer's life and times.
LC Classification NumberB3138.E5B47 1995

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