This innovative volume presents an insightful philosophical portrait of the life and work of Arthur Schopenhauer.

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• Focuses on the concept of the sublime as it clarifies Schopenhauer's aesthetic theory, moral theory and asceticism
  
• Explores the substantial relationships between Schopenhauer's philosophy and Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity
  
• Defends Schopenhauer's position that absolute truth can be known and described as a blindly striving, all-permeating, universal "Will"
  
• Examines the influence of Asian philosophy on Schopenhauer
  
• Describes the relationships between Schopenhauer's thought and that of Hegel, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein.

About the Author
Robert Wicks is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. He is the author of Modern French Philosophy: From Existentialism to Postmodernism (2003), Nietzsche (2002), and Hegel's Theory of Aesthetic Judgment (1994). He is also the author of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Schopenhauer.

Reviews
"Robert Wicks offers a highly accessible introduction to Schopenhauer's philosophy, giving prominence to the central ethical notions of tranquility and wanting less, which he compares in illuminating fashion with Buddhism."
- Chris Janaway, University of Southampton

"Robert Wicks' Schopenhauer is a perspicacious and perspicuous elucidation of the great pessimist's thoughts. This is a fine work of philosophical scholarship, valuable for those approaching Schopenhauer for the first time and for those who have been with him for years."
- David Cartwright, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Book Information
ISBN 9781405134804
Author Robert J. Wicks
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 327g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 152mm * 17mm