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Schopenhauer: Prize Essay on the Freedom of the Will

• Günter Zöller , E. Payne
• Published 1999

Essays On Freedom of the Will

ISBN: 978-0-631-14552-3

December 1995

Wiley-Blackwell

A. Schopenhauer

The argument of the essay is clearly and rigorously presented, and reveals many basic features of Schopenhauer's thought. As such, it forms a useful introduction to Schopenhauer's philosophy in general. Equally, the essay can be studied with profit independently of Schopenhauer's metaphysical views.

This new edition of the sole English translation of this classic text contains and expanded bibliography, index and preface in which the translator comments on recent scholarship on Schopenhauer. The translator's introduction puts the essay into the context of Schopenhauer's general philosophy and suggests some possible criticisms of his position.

Arthur Schopenauer was born in Danzig in 1788, where his family, of Dutch origin, owned one of the most respected trading houses. In 1793 the business moved to Hamburg, and in 1805 Arthur, who was expected to inherit it, was apprenticed as a clerk to another Hamburg house. He hated the work, so in 1807, two years after his father’s suicide and the sale of the business, he enrolled at the grammar school at Gotha. In 1809 he entered Göttingen University to study medicine and science; the following year he took up philosophy. In 1811 he transferred to Berlin to write his doctoral thesis (1813). During the next four years he lived in Dresden and wrote The World as Will and Idea (1818), a complete exposition of his philosophy. Although the book failed to sell, Schopenhauer’s belief in his own philosophy sustained him through twenty-five years of frustrated desire for fame. During his middle life, he traveled widely in Europe. In 1844 he brought out a greatly expanded edition of his book, which after his death became one of the most widely read of all philosophical works. His fame was established in 1851 with the publication of Parerga and Paralipomena, a large collection of essays, dialogues and aphorisms. From 1833 until his death from a heart attack in 1860 he lived in Frankfurt-am-Main.

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Essay on the Freedom of the Will (Philosophical Classics) (Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences Winner) Paperback – May 6, 2005

• Print length 128 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Dover Publications
• Publication date May 6, 2005
• Dimensions 6.38 x 0.28 x 8.26 inches
• ISBN-10 0486440117
• ISBN-13 978-0486440118
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Reprint edition (May 6, 2005)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486440117
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486440118
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.99 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.38 x 0.28 x 8.26 inches
• #107 in Free Will & Determinism Philosophy
• #2,710 in History of Philosophy & Schools of Thought

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The winning entry in a competition held by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences, Schopenhauer's 1839 essay brought its author international recognition. Its brilliant and elegant treatments of free... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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