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Sobre la visión y los colores
Movido más por su admiración por Goethe que por las exigencias de su propio pensamiento, Schopenhauer elabora una teoría del color que pretende, según él, respaldar los simples hechos que Goethe compiló en su Teoría de los colores y apoyar a este en su radical oposición a la teoría newtoniana. En esta línea, el filósofo presenta una consideración del color desde el punto de vista subjetivo (como modificación de la actividad del ojo), completando el tratamiento objetivo realizado por el poeta, que entiende el color como modificación de la luz. Así, y pese a no tener un contenido plenamente filosófico, este escrito contribuye a la comprensión de la teoría schopenhaueriana sobre la intuición empírica y las formas a priori del conocimiento.
El presente volumen, que recoge el tratado Sobre la visión y los colores según la tercera y última edición, fechada en 1854, incluye asimismo la correspondencia entre Schopenhauer y Goethe, en la que se pone de manifiesto la breve y tensa relación entre ambos. El tono de las cartas del joven filósofo refleja su ambigua actitud hacia el maestro, alternando las expresiones de máxima reverencia con ademanes de superioridad hacia la Teoría de los colores, que constituía para Goethe la obra de su vida.
El presente volumen, que recoge el tratado Sobre la visión y los colores según la tercera y última edición, fechada en 1854, incluye asimismo la correspondencia entre Schopenhauer y Goethe, en la que se pone de manifiesto la breve y tensa relación entre ambos. El tono de las cartas del joven filósofo refleja su ambigua actitud hacia el maestro, alternando las expresiones de máxima reverencia con ademanes de superioridad hacia la Teoría de los colores, que constituía para Goethe la obra de su vida.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1854
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Arthur Schopenhauer
2,063 books6,027 followersArthur Schopenhauer was born in the city of Danzig (then part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; present day Gdańsk, Poland) and was a German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer attempted to make his career as an academic by correcting and expanding Immanuel Kant's philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world.
He was the son of author Johanna Schopenhauer and the older brother of Adele Schopenhauer.
He was the son of author Johanna Schopenhauer and the older brother of Adele Schopenhauer.
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January 10, 2013
La filosofia non la capirò mai, non posso farci nulla. Fin dall’inizio questo libro mi è stato ostico, perché subito si capisce che parla di cavolate. Chiedo scusa a tutti i filosofi e/o estimatori di Schopenhauer, ma non posso sopportare che si voglia spiegare (assurdamente) su basi scientifiche delle stupidaggini tipo la magia.
In alcuni punti ho letto proprio mettendo una parola dietro l’altra, a volte senza capire che leggevo. Non l’ho abbandonato solo perché per fortuna era corto, e io i libri cerco sempre di finirli, specie se sono in qualche sfida!
In realtà c’era qualche parte che poteva risultare interessante, e cioè le citazioni di episodi descritti in letteratura, anche in opere classiche. Solo che le citazioni non c’erano, si limitava a dire “come racconta anche Svetonio in Caligola, cap 59″, e basta! Insomma, una lettura purtroppo molto deludente!
In alcuni punti ho letto proprio mettendo una parola dietro l’altra, a volte senza capire che leggevo. Non l’ho abbandonato solo perché per fortuna era corto, e io i libri cerco sempre di finirli, specie se sono in qualche sfida!
In realtà c’era qualche parte che poteva risultare interessante, e cioè le citazioni di episodi descritti in letteratura, anche in opere classiche. Solo che le citazioni non c’erano, si limitava a dire “come racconta anche Svetonio in Caligola, cap 59″, e basta! Insomma, una lettura purtroppo molto deludente!
November 8, 2024
This book qualitatively divided my brain.
Schopenhauer takes Newton's idea that light is made up of seven inherently coloured rays and spends eighty pages sh*tting on it, and on him. In his view, colours don't exist in the external world, but are entirely produced in the eye as a way to interpret that which really does exist; extremely subtle mixtures of light and darkness. Unlike most other theories of physics, he avoids the use of calculations or arithmetic (thank God), believing these get in the way of real understanding.
"When a man has in his head mere numbers and signs, he cannot obtain an inkling of causal connections; how big are their importance for practical purposes, but in theory the chief thing is the 'What'."
That being said, his explanations of the 'What' are pretty shallow here; he splits the retina up into three parts (intensive, extensive, qualitative), but doesn't do a great job of explaining why theres a need for a qualitative division as well as an intensive, given that they detect very similar things. He only tells you that it must exist, and then jumps straight into his theory of fractions. You'll also need some prior knowledge on old theories of light and refraction to get through, since he doesn't waste time explaining those either, and he refers a lot to Goethe's theory of colours throughout, so that's worth a skim.
Overall a pretty interesting read, although probably not required reading for his other stuff.
Schopenhauer takes Newton's idea that light is made up of seven inherently coloured rays and spends eighty pages sh*tting on it, and on him. In his view, colours don't exist in the external world, but are entirely produced in the eye as a way to interpret that which really does exist; extremely subtle mixtures of light and darkness. Unlike most other theories of physics, he avoids the use of calculations or arithmetic (thank God), believing these get in the way of real understanding.
"When a man has in his head mere numbers and signs, he cannot obtain an inkling of causal connections; how big are their importance for practical purposes, but in theory the chief thing is the 'What'."
That being said, his explanations of the 'What' are pretty shallow here; he splits the retina up into three parts (intensive, extensive, qualitative), but doesn't do a great job of explaining why theres a need for a qualitative division as well as an intensive, given that they detect very similar things. He only tells you that it must exist, and then jumps straight into his theory of fractions. You'll also need some prior knowledge on old theories of light and refraction to get through, since he doesn't waste time explaining those either, and he refers a lot to Goethe's theory of colours throughout, so that's worth a skim.
Overall a pretty interesting read, although probably not required reading for his other stuff.
December 31, 2023
Es un buen libro, pero no escapa a que lo más vigente de su contenido, y lo más relevante para comprender al autor, está en la parte uno. Y casi todo el contenido de esa parte está mucho mejor explicado en la segunda edición del tratado Sobre la cuádruple raíz.
October 7, 2019
Abbandonato. Non ho completato la lettura a causa di periodi troppo lunghi per esporre un pensiero e che non mi hanno invogliato alla lettura. Non penso che gli darò una seconda possibilità.
December 13, 2024
Very biased against dogs
November 13, 2023
''Di conseguenza l'inganno prodotto dal sogno è così forte che la stessa verità che si presenta al risveglio deve spesso lottare e ha bisogno di tempo prima di poter essere espressa a parole e poterci persuadere della ingannevolezza di quel sogno che non c'è più, ma che c'è stato. Anche per quel che riguarda il ricordo, per qualche avvenimento insignificante, siamo talvolta in dubbio se l'abbiamo sognato o sia veramente accaduto'
January 21, 2016
Schopenhauer adores Goethe and loathes the attention people give/gave to Newton.
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