Schopenhauer
by John Atwell
Temple University Press, 1990
Cloth: 978-0-87722-748-9
Library of Congress Classification B3148.A894 1990
Dewey Decimal Classification 193
TOC
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Introduction:
- Schopenhauer as Philosopher
- PART I
- DOERS AND THEIR DEEDS
- 1
- The Central Problem
- 2
- On One's Being the Work of Another
- 3
- The Body and the Will
- 4
- Reinterpretation of Substance
- 5
- The Will as the "Ground" of Actions
- 6
- Character of Agent as "Character" of Actions
- 7
- Inborn Wickedness and Nonresponsibility
- 8
- Motivation and Repentance
- 9
- Intellectual Freedom
- 10
- Overview and Criticism
- PART II
- ETHICS AND VIRTUE
- 1
- Actualism and the Nature of Ethics
- 2
- The Meaning of "The Basis of Morals"
- 3
- Kant's Nonempirical Ethics
- 4
- The Natural Foundation of Ethics
- 5
- The Great Mysteries of Ethics
- 6
- Justice and Philanthropy
- 7
- The Metaphysics of Ethics
- 8
- The Acquired Character
- 9
- Conclusion
- PART III
- PESSIMISM, SUFFERING, AND SALVATION
- 1
- Philosophy and Pessimism
- 2
- Sources and Sorts of Pessimism
- 3
- Metaphysical Pessimism
- 4
- The Worst of All Possible Worlds
- 5
- Pessimism and Human Suffering
- 6
- The Roads to Salvation
- 7
- Eternal Justice
- 8
- Original Sin
- 9
- Conclusion
- Afterwords:
- Schopenhauer as Philosopher of Paradox
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
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