The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer Studies in Pessimism
Автор:Шопенгауэр Артур Год: 2009 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 92 ISBN: 9781438511863 Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th century German philosopher known for his gloomy manner. Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation emphasized the role of man's basic instinct, which Schopenhauer described as the will to exist, or "will". Schopenhauer is known for his analysis of human motivation and the human condition. He argued that emotional, physical, and sexual desires can never be truly fulfilled. Schopenhauer favored a lifestyle of negating human desires, similar to the teachings of Buddhism. The note at the beginning of the text reads. "The Essays here presented form a further selection from Schopenhauer's _Parerga_, brought together under a title which is not to be found in the original, and does not claim to apply to every chapter in the volume. The first essay is, in the main, a rendering of the philosopher's remarks under the heading of _Nachtraege zur Lehre vom Leiden der Welt_, together with certain parts of another section entitled _Nachtraege zur Lehre von...
