Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction

Schopenhauer is considered to be 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. Schopenhauer's central notion is that of the will--a blind, irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind and the whole of nature. Seeing human behavior as that of a natural organism governed by the will to life, Schopenhauer developed radical insights concerning the unconscious and sexuality which influenced both psychologists and philosophers


Author: Christopher Janaway
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/16/2002
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.02h x 4.50w x 0.39d
ISBN13: 9780192802590
ISBN10: 0192802593
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Modern

About the Author

Christopher Janaway is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Birbeck College, University of London.