This book is by far the most difficult and challenging book you’ll be reading this quarter, but what is interesting is the reason why it is so challenging. It
is not challenging
because Schopenhauer is a bad writer. He is considered a superb writer, with an ability to phrase things simply, clearly, and beautifully.
Is Schopenhauer a good philosopher?
Arthur Schopenhauer has been dubbed
the artist’s philosopher
on account of the inspiration his aesthetics has provided to artists of all stripes. He is also known as the philosopher of pessimism, as he articulated a worldview that challenges the value of existence.
Should you read Kant before Schopenhauer?
Erjon 7 In fact Schopenhauer starts his Philosophy where Kant left it, so on ‘the thing in itself’ But
you don’t need to read Kant first to read the “World as will and rapresantation
” MAybe you just have to know Kant’s main ideas but that’s all.
When should we read according to Schopenhauer?
Any kind of important book should immediately be
read twice
, partly because one grasps the matter in its entirety the second time, and only really understands the beginning when the end is known; and partly because in reading it the second time one’s temper and mood are different, so that one gets another impression; …
What should I read to understand Schopenhauer?
- 1 The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics by Arthur Schopenhauer.
- 2 The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer.
- 3 Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer.
- 4 Arthur Schopenhauer: His Life and His Philosophy by Helen Zimmern.
- 5 The Philosophy of Schopenhauer by Bryan Magee.
Where should I start with Kant?
If you really want an introduction into Kant, as a whole system, I would absolutely recommend
reading secondary literature
. If not, start with the Prolegomena and the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals.
What should I read before Kant?
So to understand Kant at more than a superficial level you need some acquaintance with the two traditions : the traditions of
Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz (Rationalists)
and of Locke, Berkeley and Hume (Empiricists).
Was Nietzsche a nihilist?
Summary.
Nietzsche is a self-professed nihilist
, although, if we are to believe him, it took him until 1887 to admit it (he makes the admission in a Nachlass note from that year). No philosopher’s nihilism is more radical than Nietzsche’s and only Kierkegaard’s and Sartre’s are as radical.
Who is the famous German philosopher?
1.
Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844 – 1900) With an HPI of 91.80, Friedrich Nietzsche is the most famous German Philosopher.
What does it mean to press towards something high above us?
To pursue our human ideal. What does it mean to press “towards something high above us”? ( Nietzsche)
Promises and forgiveness
.
What should I read after Descartes?
- Aristotle. 3,641 followers. Author of 1249 books including The Nicomachean Ethics. …
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. 1,548 followers. …
- Blaise Pascal. 602 followers. …
- Immanuel Kant. 2,821 followers. …
- David Hume. 1,201 followers. …
- John Locke. 1,024 followers. …
- John Stuart Mill. 1,246 followers. …
- Michael T. Klare.
What is the purpose of Prolegomena?
This Prolegomena is
a critique of the understanding
and it discusses the form and content of experience. It is not an empirical psychology that is concerned with the origin of experience. Experience consists of sense perceptions, judgments of perception, and judgments of experience.
Is too much reading bad?
Reading is a beneficial activity. But
reading too much can also kill your brain’s productivity especially when no new meanings are created
. If you are simply reading without deeper processing, you don’t benefit much from it.
How do you write a reading essay?
- Use a startling statistic.
- Cite an interesting fact.
- Pose an appropriate quotation.
- Tell an anecdote.
- Describe a scenario.
- Write a conversation.
- Tell a story.
- Put forth a question your essay will answer.
When we read another person thinks for us we merely repeat his mental process in learning to write the pupil goes over with his pen what the teacher has outlined in pencil so in reading the greater part of the work of thought is already done for us?
“When we read, another person thinks for us: we merely repeat his mental process. It is the
same
as the pupil, in learning to write, following with his pen the lines that have been pencilled by the teacher.
Where do I start with philosophy?
- Plato, The Last Days of Socrates — this includes four dialogues: the Euthyphro , the Apology , the Crito , and the Phaedo.
- Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics.
- Epictetus, Discourses, Fragments, Handbook.
- Augustine of Hippo, Confessions.
- Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy.
