[The Routledge Philosophers 01] • Schopenhauer by Young, Julian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Chronology Introduction One: Life and Works

Hamburg Göttingen Berlin Weimar Dresden and Berlin Again Wander-years Frankfurt Summary Further Reading

Two: Metaphysics: The World as Representation

Partial Versus Radical Idealism Read Kant! Realism as Self-Contradictory Evolutionary Idealism Reason Practical Reason Perception Concepts Intuitive Versus Conceptual Knowledge Criticism of Schopenhauer on Reason and Perception Meaningfulness Observations on Schopenhauer’s Criterion of Meaningfulness Summary Further Reading

Three: Metaphysics: The World as Will

Completing the Scientific Image Natural Forces The Nature of Matter The Subjective Versus the Objective Standpoint The Black Box Problem Will as Character Extending the Will Bypassing Solipsism Organic Nature and Teleology Inanimate Nature The World-Will The Platonic Ideas The Influence of Spinoza Nature-Pessimism Can the Will be ‘Blind’? Schopenhauer and Darwin Summary Further Reading

Four: Metaphysics: Ultimate Reality

The Early View Qualifications Metaphysics as ‘Deciphering’ The Possibility of ‘Salvation’ Summary Further Reading

Five: Art

Schopenhauer Versus Hegel The Question: What is Art? Everyday Consciousness The Aesthetic State Aesthetic Pleasure The Sublime The Lyrical Criticism of Schopenhauer on the Sublime and the Lyrical The Possibility of Genius Summary Further Reading

Six: Art (continued)

The Platonic Ideas Art and Knowledge The Beautiful Art and Philosophy Tragedy and the Value of Art A Criticism of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy of Art Music The Problem of Opera Summary Further Reading

Seven: Ethics

Can Philosophy Change Your Life? Freedom and Character Is Philosophy ‘Dead’? Death and Immortality Egoism Malice Altruism The Metaphysics of Virtue Criticism of Schopenhauer’s Moral Philosophy Summary Further Reading

Eight: Salvation

Denial of the Will Denial of the Will and the Unalterability of Character Suicide Salvation Pessimism Summary Further Reading

Nine: Schopenhauer’s Influence and Legacy

Schopenhauer and the Philosophers Schopenhauer and the Artists Schopenhauer and Freud Schopenhauer and Evolutionary Views of Man Schopenhauer and Us Summary Further Reading

Notes Bibliography Index