Schopenhauer and the Aesthetic Standpoint: Philosophy as a Practice of the Sublime

by Sophia Vasalou

Book Overview

With its pessimistic vision and bleak message of world-denial, it has often been difficult to know how to engage with Schopenhauer's philosophy. His arguments have seemed flawed and his doctrines marred by inconsistencies; his very pessimism almost too flamboyant to be believable. Yet a way of redrawing this engagement stands open, Sophia Vasalou argues, if we attend more closely to the visionary power of Schopenhauer's work. The aim of this book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107024404
• ISBN13: 9781107024403
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"