Death, contemplation and Schopenhauer
The connections between death, contemplation and the contemplative life have been a recurrent theme in the canons of both western and eastern philosophical thought. This book examines the classical sources of this philosophical literature, in particular Plato's Phaedo and the Katha Upanishad and then proceeds to a sustained analysis and critical assessment of the sources and standpoints of a single thinker, Arthur Schopenhauer, whose work comprehensively pursues this problem. The book traces th…
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- Full title :Death, contemplation and Schopenhauer / R. Raj Singh.
Summary
The connections between death, contemplation and the contemplative life have been a recurrent theme in the canons of both western and eastern philosophical thought. This book examines the classical sources of this philosophical literature, in particular Plato's Phaedo and the Katha Upanishad and then proceeds to a sustained analysis and critical assessment of the sources and standpoints of a single thinker, Arthur Schopenhauer, whose work comprehensively pursues this problem. The book traces the pivotal issue of death through the whole range of Schopenhauer's writings uncovering the deeper con.
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- Publication Date:©2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Ashgate Pub
- Place of Publication:Aldershot, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 126 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780754687061, 0754687066, 1281099643, 9781281099648, 9786611099640, 6611099646
- oclc:ocn367582249
- LC Classification:BD444
- Dewey Decimal:193
Table of Contents
The word and the deed of Socrates -- The Katha Upanishad : an Eastern classic on death -- Schopenhauer : Book IV of The world as will and representation -- Schopenhauer and Indian thought -- Schopenhauer : the supplementary essays -- Schopenhauer : the later essays.
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