Schopenhauer : a biography

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Title:

Author:

Cartwright, David E.

ISBN:

9780521825986

Personal Author:

Cartwright, David E.

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 575 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

The affirmation of the will -- A tour for a trade -- A father's death : a philosopher's birth -- The university years -- The better consciousness, causes, grounds and confrontations -- Goethe, colors, and eastern lights -- The single thought of dresden -- Failure in Berlin -- Ich bin kein Berliner -- The Frankfurt philosopher -- The dawn of fame and the end of life.

Personal Subject:

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.

Subject Term:

Philosophers -- Germany -- Biography.

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In his quest to solve 'the ever-disquieting riddle of existence', Schopenhauer explored almost every dimension of human existence, developing a darkly compelling worldview that found deep resonance in contemporary literature, music, philosophy, and psychology. This is the first comprehensive biography of Schopenhauer written in English. Placing him in his historical and philosophical contexts, David E. Cartwright tells the story of Schopenhauer's life to convey the full range of his philosophy. He offers a fully documented portrait in which he explores Schopenhauer's fractured family life, his early formative influences, his critical loyalty to Kant, his personal interactions with Fichte and Goethe, his ambivalent relationship with Schelling, his contempt for Hegel, his struggle to make his philosophy known, and his reaction to his late-arriving fame.