Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction - Christopher Janaway

Category: Autobiography & Biographies
Language: English
Keywords: Philosophy Very Short Introductions

Written by Christopher Janaway
Read by Kyle Munley
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Dramatization

Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
Release date: 06-08-21

Schopenhauer is considered to be the most accessible of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Schopenhauer’s central notion is that of the will-a blind, irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind and the whole of nature. Seeing human behavior as that of a natural organism governed by the will to life, Schopenhauer developed radical insights concerning the unconscious and sexuality which influenced both psychologists and philosophers.