Schopenhauer's earliest work, his 1813 doctoral dissertation, is a first and necessary step to grasping his magnum opus, The World as Will and Representation. In Fourfold Root, he defines the limits of what can be known of the phenomenal world, and how we know it; only then can the next step, the step to a recognition of the noumenal, be taken. This is not an easy, or a fast, read, but it does partake of the grace, wit, and precision of Schopenhauer's great work, and more than repays the attention brought to it.

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was a German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. He responded to and expanded upon Immanuel Kant’s philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world. His critique of Kant, his creative solutions to the problems of human experience and his explication of the limits of human knowledge are among his most important achievements. His metaphysical theory is the foundation of his influential writings on psychology, aesthetics, ethics, and politics which influenced Friedrich Nietzsche, Wagner, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Sigmund Freud and others. He said he was influenced by the Upanishads, Immanuel Kant, and Plato. References to Eastern philosophy and religion appear frequently in his writing. He appreciated the teachings of the Buddha and even called himself a Buddhaist. He said that his philosophy could not have been conceived before these teachings were available. He called himself a Kantian. He formulated a pessimistic philosophy that gained importance and support after the failure of the German and Austrian revolutions of 1848.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #100553 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-23
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages