Written on: 06/04/2012
Schopenhauer's impact on Westtern thought cannot be exagerated. For Samuel Beckett, he was “one of the few that really matter.” For Thomas Mann, his stature as “psychologist of the will” made him “the father of all modern psychology.” Kierkegaard called him an “undeniably… significant author” who “has interested me a great deal and I have been surprised to find an author who, despite a total disagreement, touches me so much.” Tolstoy called him “the most brilliant of... (read more)
Written on: 01/01/2009 by Adrian Lee (1 review written)
The most important work in the world of philosophy by the most honest and perceptive philosopher that ever lived, by unifying Plato, Kant and Buddhism Arthur Schopenhauer scored a direct hit in the search for the truth. I cannot overemphasize the greatness of Schopenhauer in the field of Metaphysics. All of his works are pure philosophical gold, and a thorough understanding of ALL his writings is probably the most important undertaking that anyone could ever engage in. The effect of all this... (read more)
Written on: 19/03/2004 by paulclark12 (2 reviews written)
Schopenhauer's opening sentences are stunning; he writes 'The world is my representation: this is a truth valid with reference to every living and knowing being, although man alone can bring it into reflective, abstract consciousness. If he really does so, philosophical discernment has dawned upon him. It then becomes clear and certain to him that he does not know a sun and an earth, but only an eye that sees a sun, a hand that feels an earth; that the world around him is there only as... (read more)
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