Suffering, Suicide and Immortality - Eight Essays from the ParergaPaperback
Suffering, Suicide and Immortality - Eight Essays from the ParergaPaperback One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Arthur Schopenhauer is best known for his writings on…
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Suffering, Suicide and Immortality - Eight Essays from the ParergaPaperback
One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Arthur Schopenhauer is best known for his writings on pessimism. Schopenhauer, unlike most philosophers, expressed himself in simple, direct terms. In this 1851 essay collection, he offers concise statements of the unifying principles of his thinking.
His philosophy had an enormous impact on contemporary philosophy and literature, and on subsequent thinkers such as Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein. These essays offer an accessible approach to his main thesis, as stated in The World as Will and Representation.Schopenhauer's reasoning encompasses the influence of the Upanishads and Buddhist teachings, as well as the works of Plato and Kant. Published toward the end of his life in a collection called Parerga und Paralipomena, these essays include On the Sufferings of the World, On the Vanity of Existence, On
Suffering from Realness
The Suffering
The Immortality Chronicles
The Suicide run