Arthur Schopenhauer

Gebundenes Buch

Essays and Aphorisms

Beschreibung

One of the philosophers of the nineteenth century, believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This title includes his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes.

Autor

Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Danzig in 1788 where his family, of Dutch origin, owned a respected trading house. Arthur was expected to inherit the business, but hated the work and in 1807, after his father's suicide and the sale of the business, he enrolled in the grammar school at Gotha. In 1811 he moved to Berlin to write his doctoral thesis, and began to write The World as Will and Idea, a complete exploration of his philosophy, which was finished in 1818. His belief in his own views sustained him through twenty-five years of frustrated desire for fame. In 1844 brought out a much expanded edition of his book, which after his death became one of the most widely read of all philosophical works. His fame was established in 1851 with the publication of Parerga and Paralipomena, a collection of dialogues, essays and aphorisms. He died in 1860. R.J. Hollingdale has translated works by, among others, Schopenhauer, Goethe, T.A. Hoffmann, Lichtenburg and Theodor Fontane, as well as eleven of Nietzsche's books, many for the Penguin Classics. He has published two books on Nietzsche and was Honorary President of the British Nietzsche Society until his death in 2003.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Pocket Hardbacks
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 110mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780141395913
• ISBN-10: 0141395915
• Artikelnr.: 40892758