Death, Contemplation and Schopenhauer
Seiten
2007
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-6050-7 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-6050-7 (ISBN)
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, and features an analysis and critical assessment of the sources and standpoints of a Arthur 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. Going beyond the well examined western influences on Schopenhauer, Singh offers an in-depth account of Schopenhauer's references to eastern thought and a comprehensive examination of his eastern sources, particularly Vedanta and Buddhism. The book traces the pivotal issue of death through the whole range of Schopenhauer's writings uncovering the deeper connotations of his crucial notion of the will-to-live.
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. Going beyond the well examined western influences on Schopenhauer, Singh offers an in-depth account of Schopenhauer's references to eastern thought and a comprehensive examination of his eastern sources, particularly Vedanta and Buddhism. The book traces the pivotal issue of death through the whole range of Schopenhauer's writings uncovering the deeper connotations of his crucial notion of the will-to-live.
R. Raj Singh is Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Brock University, Ontario, Canada.
Chapter 1 The Word and the Deed of Socrates; Chapter 2 The Katha Upanishad; Chapter 3 Schopenhauer; Chapter 4 Schopenhauer and Indian Thought; Chapter 5 Schopenhauer; Chapter 6 Schopenhauer;
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.9.2007 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 420 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7546-6050-8 / 0754660508 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7546-6050-7 / 9780754660507 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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