Essays and Aphorisms (Classics) eBook: Schopenhauer.
Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Danzig in 1788 where his family, of Dutch origin, owned a respected trading house. Arthur was expected to inherit the business, but hated the work and in 1807, after his father's suicide and the sale of the business, he enrolled in the grammar school at Gotha. He went on to study medicine and science at Gottingen University and in 1810 began to study philosophy.
Essays and Aphorisms. Arthur Schopenhauer. Penguin Books Limited, Aug 26, 2004 - Philosophy - 256 pages. 3 Reviews. One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women.
Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer. One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes is taken from Schopenhauer's last.
Old favourites: Essays and Aphorisms (1851) by Arthur Schopenhauer Rob Doyle selects a year of his favourite works: week 5 Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 06:00. Rob Doyle. German philosopher Arthur.
Schopenhauer: Essays and Aphorisms is a collection of Arthur Schopenhauer’s writings, all done during the first half of the 1800s. Many of the writings are selected from Schopenhauer’s last publication, Parerga and Paralipomena, which was published in 1851. Though his writings were not exceptionally well known during his lifetime, Schopenhauer’s thoughts and writing became much more.
Essays and Aphorisms (Penguin Classics) by Arthur Schopenhauer, R. J. Hollingdale, R. J. Hollingdale. Click here for the lowest price! Paperback, 9780140442274, 0140442278.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860) was a German philosopher, and an important figure in the German Idealism and Romanticism movements in the early 19th Century. Often considered a gloomy and thoroughgoing pessimist, Schopenhauer was actually concerned with advocating ways (via artistic, moral and ascetic forms of awareness) to overcome a frustration-filled and fundamentally painful human.