Diego:
A pleasure to read. In the Kindle edition that I just downloaded, “modem” appears where “modern” Is intended. I assume that in making the Kindle edition, the text was scanned from hardcopy, and the r and n in the printed word “modern” were read as an “m.” It is a bit distracting, and hopefully, at some point, it will be corrected.
United States on Oct 09, 2021
Luc REYNAERT:
Arthur Schopenhauer's work constitutes a major breakthrough in philosophy. He smashed the straightjacket imposed by Immanuel Kant, who stated that we couldn't know the essence of the world, the real nature of all matter, the thing-in-itself. Schopenhauer remarked judiciously that we could discover this real nature, because we have knowledge of our own body. He called this essence 'the will'' or the 'will-to-live, which is practically the same as the Darwinian 'struggle for life'.
Hereafter, a tentative short summary of this astonishing book.
Representation and will
The world (the object) is the representation of the subject (the individual). The essential form of this representation is the division into object and subject. Its subordinate forms are space = position, time = succession and (states of) matter = causality. The object (the world) is, on the one hand, only matter ; but, on the other hand, it has an innermost being, the thing-in-itself, which Schopenhauer calls 'the will', 'the will-to-live'.
The will, its phenomena and freedom
The will is the groundless essence of everything in nature. It is an endless striving and appears...
United Kingdom on Apr 12, 2020
Kabir Chugh:
Schopenhauer follows in the tradition of kant and comes up to provide the results of upanishads through the western system. Not verbose and difficult, one of the more readable philosophers. Must read.
India on Jul 20, 2018
Cliente Amazon:
Me gustaria subrayar y marcar haciendo dibuixos, círculos, flechas, recuadros, como la aplicació GoodNotes por ejemplo, más dinàmico, que podamos jugar con el texto.
Spain on May 24, 2018
A. Abreu:
An amazingly written philosophy on will and it's representation on reality. Arthur was ahead of his time and many references to how the mind accepts reality really puts concepts together in a sequential flow. This book is purposely written to be read from beginning to end and not to be skipped around. As he writes, he builds up to the final conclusions of what he wishes to express and it is a miracle to experience this. Philosophy books are mostly prepared to be read at a different level from every day level of consciousness.
In order to embrace and understand the material, one must think like him and go beyond the regular forms of every day conceptions and thought processes. Ultimately, they all lead back to every day reality where the pragmatic use of his application can be used. I tend to be more acceptable to optimism as he may have been in certain situations. Although, life was not meant to be easy and it's turbulence can shape the pearl inside each of us. I would recommend people reading this book prior to adulthood to prepare the mind for important decisions that will be placed on a person, as important decisions and responsibilities will indeed...
United States on Mar 13, 2018
Osaka:
This is the western philosopher I had been looking for for years. Using the Upanishads, Kant and Plato as building blocks, Shopenhauer present the most compelling case of philosophical idealism I've come across. Before reading this book, I was drawn to buddhism and eastern philosophy from a materialistic/psychological angle. After reading it, I've now come to see philosophical materialism as a very limiting way of interpreting the world and can now embrace buddhism and eastern philosophies more fully. Althought Shopenhauer's take on the principle of sufficient reason (cause and effect) leaves no place to individual agency, which does miss the mark a few millimeters from my point of view, most of the material here can serve as a spingboard to expend one's take on the universe greatly. His theory of the Will representing life as a more and more refined expression of an underlying striving forward taking root in the laws of physics is genius. The spectacle of life as being a self-devouring Ouroboros feeding on itself in a blind craving frenzy will appeal to those of a pessimistic bent. But all is not lost as Shopenhauer offers a moral life and spiritual awakening as...
Canada on Sep 29, 2017
Koan:
Schopenhauer is definitly the greatest philosopher ever lived. This book is his only masterpiece. Building on Kant's thing-in-itself Schopenhauer created the concept of the "Will". All of Schopenhauer philosophy revolve on a single idea which is the "Will" getting aquainted of itself in all its objectification. "The World as Will and representation Volume I" contains the main body of his philosophy. Vol. II and all the rest of his books is just an illumination and expantion of the concept of the Will outlined in Vol I. As a prerequisit he demands that his reader must be familiar with his introductory book "The fourfold root of the principle of suffecient reason" that explains how our intellect works, percieve and makes a mental pictures (representation). Because he is building on Kant's philosophy he also demands from the reader to be familiar of his critisism of it. Schopenhauer considers Kant to be the greatest philosopher before him for his philosophy about metaphysics, thing-in-itself and the combination between the will's necessity and freedom that never been established before.
Idealism is the basis of Schopenhauer's philosophy that is why it is...
United States on Jun 14, 2013
Sergei G.:
Imagine this. You are in your car at 3 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon. It's hot. You're painfully lonely, you have no friends to speak of. The sun is beating on your face. You have absolutely nothing to do. You feel the pressure of time and consciousness. You hear an advertisement on the radio about another blow-out sale in a nearby mall. You want to scream. Sound familiar? This is when a nice cup of Arthur Schopenhauer is in order.
I first learned about Schopenhauer when I was in a rather low point in my life and was looking for a consolation in the philosophy section of a bookstore. There I stumbled across
The Consolations of Philosophy
, which had a section about Schopenhauer and his basic outlook on the human condition. I never had a problem with pessimism and in fact always looked for someone great to defend it. Anyway, I slowly started preparing myself for the first volume. I had no philosophical background, just an immense desire to understand Schopenhauer's point of view since I knew then it would become my metaphysical backbone.
One of the challenges was that English is my second language and I feared that philosophy...
United States on May 06, 2009
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