John E. Atwell

Schopenhauer on the Character of the World (eBook, ePUB)

The Metaphysics of Will

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The most extensive English-language study of Schopenhauer's metaphysics of the will yet published, this book represents a major contribution to Schopenhauer scholarship. Here, John E. Atwell critically but sympathetically examines the philosopher's main work, The World as Will and Representation, demonstrating that the philosophical system it puts forth does constitute a consistent whole. The author holds that this system is centered on a single thought, "The world is self-knowledge of the will." He then traces this unifying concept through the four books of The World as Will and Representation, and, in the process, dissolves the work's alleged inconsistencies.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.
The most extensive English-language study of Schopenhauer's metaphysics of the will yet published, this book represents a major contribution to Schopenhauer scholarship. Here, John E. Atwell critically but sympathetically examines the philosopher's main w

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mayo Clinic Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780520915152
• Artikelnr.: 67830915

Autorenporträt

John E. Atwell, Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, is author of Schopenhauer: The Human Character (1990) and Ends and Principles in Kant's Moral Thought (1986).