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Studies In Pessimism Library Binding – January 1, 1903
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- Print length144 pages
- PublisherReprint Services Corp
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1903
- ISBN-100781204895
- ISBN-13978-0781204897
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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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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 .
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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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。






