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Studies In Pessimism Library Binding – January 1, 1903

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January 1, 1903
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0781204895
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978-0781204897
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Reprint Services Corp (January 1, 1903)
Library Binding ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0781204895
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0781204897
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces

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Schopenhauer is the best philosopher ever lived. Everyword he sayes is a pure gold. this book about worledly wisdom and how a wise man can live in our today's worled which we all we know it is a jungle. schopenhauer is a pessimist and said that the world is just a mistake and a thing that ought not to be. But since we are here already let us make the best out of it ang go thru it with the least damage to us from others as possible.
This book is a must-read one and after couple of years reread it again and you will see it in a different light due to our accumulated experience we allways acquiring.
For the completion of Schopenhauer's philosophy I recommend The Will's Harmonic Motion: The Completion of Schopenhauer's Philosophy .

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A good baby step into Schopenhauer.

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Well... Artie isn't going to win the women's vote... that much is clear. Still, there are interesting thoughts here, even in his essay on women.

I don't have any direct experience with Schopenhauer outside this work and know only what I was taught from Russell and, more especially, Durant. Given that, I can conclude, while the interested reader will find some good here, they will not find the genius of the man.

Still, I like short books, when they are deep, and this was very easy to digest in a few short sittings. I enjoyed it.

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but if you like to think outside the box

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The title might scare off many, but if you like to think outside the box, you'll be pleased whether you agree with him or not. This is one of the few philosophers who "speaks" to me. The clarity of his prose is profound and thought-provoking.

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An interesting discourse on Pessimism

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 7, 2003

A collection of Schopenhauer's Essays speaking on the Sufferings of the world, the vanity of existence etc.. He further dwells on subjects like suicide, immortality, education, women, noise, parables... The essay on women would raise some eyebrows today though... Probably just a reminder that reading any philosopher's work requires some understanding of the context of his writings that moulded his views... But hopefully the best of them can rise beyond such petty concerns?

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Bought as a present - excelent

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ショウペンハウエルの思想を知る好著です

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ショウペンハウエルの随筆集です。中でも「自殺について」「女性について」「騒音について」などは、わが国でもよく知られた随筆で、ショウペンハウエルの思想を知る一端といえます。
ショウペンハウエルというと、ペシミストの権化のような目で見られがちですが、本書を読むと、彼がかならずしも世の中を悲観してばかりでなかったことが理解できます。彼の思想はたんなる厭世主義ではなく、むしろ仏教に通じるものがあり、自殺も一方的に肯定しているわけではありません。ただ彼の女性観は、かなり偏向していて、「女性について」を読むと、むきになって女性を攻撃しているのが滑稽なほどです。「騒音について」は、夏目漱石が「カーライル博物館」の中に引用していますから、漱石も、この一文を読んだことが知られます。どの章も難解な内容のものは少なく、たとえば他の章で、彼が大の犬好きだったらしいことが分かる箇所などがあって、ショウペンハウエルの人間性が伝わってくる気がしました。
なお私が読んだ英訳版は１９１３年版で、初版が１８９０年ということもあって、文章が相当古めかしく、かなり難渋しました。明治時代の和漢混淆文のような感じですが、それでも本書のようなものは、このような文体の方が似つかわしいのではないかと思いました。

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