David E. Cartwright (Whitewater University of Wisconsin)

Schopenhauer

A Biography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cartwright tells the story of Schopenhauer's life to convey the full range of his philosophy, exploring Schopenhauer's fractured family life, his early formative influences, his critical loyalty to Kant, his personal interactions with Fichte and Goethe, his struggle to make his philosophy known, and his reaction to his late-arriving fame.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 908g
• ISBN-13: 9781107626959
• ISBN-10: 1107626951
• Artikelnr.: 39751067

Autorenporträt

David E. Cartwright is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. He has published numerous articles on Schopenhauer and nineteenth-century German philosophy and is the author of the Historical Dictionary of Schopenhauer's Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The affirmation of the will; 2. A tour for a trade; 3. A father's death, a philosopher's birth; 4. The university years; 5. The better consciousness, causes, grounds, and confrontations; 6. Goethe, colors, and eastern lights; 7. The single thought of Dresden; 8. Failure in Berlin; 9. Ich bin kein Berliner; 10. The Frankfurt philosopher; 11. The dawn of fame and the end of life.

Rezensionen

'Dozens more biographies have appeared ... but David Cartwright's is the most thorough by far.' The Times Literary Supplement