AMONG 19th century philosophers, Arthur Schopenhauer was among
the first to contend that at its core, the universe is not a
rational place.
Schopenhauer developed an instinct-recognizing and ultimately
ascetic outlook, emphasizing that in the face of a world Filled
with endless strife, we ought to minimize our natural desires to
achieve a more tranquil frame of mind and a disposition towards
universal beneficence.
Since his death in 1860, his philosophy has had a special
attraction for those who wonder about life''s meaning, along with
those engaged in music,literature, and the visual arts.
關於作者:
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAURER(1788-1860) was a German philosopher known
for his 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 four separate
manifestations of reason in the phenomenal world.
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 Schrodinger, Albert Einstein,
Sigmund Freud, Otto Rank, Carl Gustav Jung, Leo Tolstoy, and Jorge
Luis Borges.
目錄:
THE WISDOM OF LIFE
PRELIMINARY
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
ON AUTHORSHIP AND STYLE
ON NOISE
ON READING AND BOOKS
THE EMPTINESS OF EXISTENCE
ON WOMEN
THINKING FOR ONESELF
SHORT DIALOGUE ON THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY
OF OUR TRUE BEING BY DEATH
RELIGION
PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
METAPHYSICS OF LOVE
PHYSIOGNOMY
ON SUICIDE
TRANSLATOR''S PREFACE
HUMAN NATURE
GOVERNMENT
FREE-WILL AND FATALISM
CHARACTER
MORAL INSTINCT
ETHICAL REFLECTIONS