num_pages: 113
description: Schopenhauer is among the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Wittgenstein.Christopher Janaway confronts Schopenhauer's uncompromising, pessimistic view that for the human individual non-existence would be preferable, and his claim that only aesthetic experience and saintly self-denial -- escape from the will -- can give life value. Schopenhauer is revealed as a challenging, progressive, and highly influential thinker.
language: English
title: Schopenhauer
titlecomplete: Schopenhauer (Past Masters)
genres: Audiobook, History, German Literature, Biography, Metaphysics, Reference, Modern, Philosophy, Germany, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 683
publisher: Oxford University Press