The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: The Wisdom of Life - Softcover

Schopenhauer, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1511547588 ISBN 13: 9781511547581

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

“Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.”

An ardent expounder for self-disciple and rational deliberation above the irrational impulses that animated most of society, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) believed that complete happiness and satisfaction were ultimately unobtainable. This essay from his final work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), examines how to discover the highest possible degree of pleasure and success, and suggests guidelines for experiencing life to its fullest. But for Schopenhauer a life well lived should always reach beyond itself to a higher plane. Lucid and compelling, Schopenhauer's work offers a powerfully original point of view on a subject of eternal interest.

Introduction

Division of the Subject

Personality, Or What A Man Is

Property, Or What A Man Has

Position, Or A Man’s Place In The Estimation of Others -

Sect.

1. Reputation

2. Pride

3. Rank

4. Honor

5. Fame

About this title

About the Author:

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788?1860) was a German philosopher known for his atheistic pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which examined the fundamental question of whether reason alone can unlock answers about the world. Schopenhauer's most influential work, The World as Will and Representation, emphasized the role of man's basic motivation, which Schopenhauer called will. His analysis of will led him to the conclusion that emotional, physical, and sexual desires can never be fulfilled. Consequently, he favored a lifestyle of negating human desires, similar to the teachings of ancient Greek Stoic philosophers, Buddhism, and Vedanta. Schopenhauer's metaphysical analysis of will, his views on human motivation and desire, and his aphoristic writing style influenced many well-known thinkers including Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Wagner, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Erwin Schrödinger, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Otto Rank, Carl Gustav Jung, and Jorge Luis Borges.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1511547588
• ISBN 13: 9781511547581
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130