Young - Schopenhauer

Schopenhauer

This is a comprehensive, sensible and lucidly presented account of Schopenhauers philosophy. The author succeeds in showing why Schopenhauer still deserves to be studied, but at the same time he is appropriately critical when discussing Schopenhauers doctrines and arguments.

Severin Schroeder, University of Oxford, UK

Routledge Philosophers

Edited by Brian Leiter

University of Texas, Austin

Routledge Philosophers is a major series of introductions to the great Western philosophers. Each book places a major philosopher or thinker in historical context, explains and assesses their key arguments, and considers their legacy. Additional features include a chronology of major dates and events, chapter summaries, annotated suggestions for further reading and a glossary of technical terms.

An ideal starting-point for those new to philosophy, they are also essential reading for those interested in the subject at any level.

Julian Young

Schopenhauer

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Young, Julian.

Schopenhauer / Julian Young.lst ed.

p. cm.(The Routledge philosophers)

1. Schopenhauer, Arthur, 17881860. I. Title. II. Series

B3148.Y67 2005

193dc22 2004017644

ISBN 0-203-02210-6 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-41 5-33346-6 (hbk)

ISBN 0-41 5-33347-4 (pbk)

For Mary Montgomery

Acknowledgements

I should like to thank those who took part in my Auckland graduate seminar in the first semester of 2003 for a stimulating discussion of the substance of this book: in particular, Brignal Woods, Melanie Dougan, Tim MacKenzie and Mathias Mickl. Thanks are also due to my editor, Tony Bruce, and to the Routledge Philosophers series editor, Brian Leiter, for useful suggestions as to the structure of the work. The two (anonymous) readers of the manuscript saved me from various errors.

I am grateful, too, to the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-dienst and to the University of Auckland for research grants which enabled me to visit the Schopenhauer Archive in Frankfurt am Main and to benefit from discussions with German colleagues in Bonn and Lneburg.

Finally I should like to thank Gnter Seubold and Christoph Jamme for those helpful and enjoyable discussions.

Abbreviations

The World as Will and Representation, vols I and II WR I, WR II

The Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason FR

On the Will in Nature WN

On the Basis of Morality BM

On the Freedom of the Will FW

Parerga and Paralipomena vols I and II PP I, PP II

Manuscript Remains vols IIV MR 14

Chronology