The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer

by Christopher Janaway (Editor)

Schopenhauer (1788-1860) is something of a maverick figure in the history of philosophy. He produced a unique theory of the world and human existence based on his notion of will. This collection analyzes the related but distinct components of will from the point of view of epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, ethics, and the philosophy of psychoanalysis. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Schopenhauer currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Schopenhauer.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History

494 pages, Paperback

First published October 13, 1999

About the author

Christopher Janaway (BA, DPhil Oxford) is a philosopher and author. Before moving to Southampton in 2005, Janaway taught at the University of Sydney and Birkbeck, University of London. His recent research has been on Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and aesthetics. Janaway currently lectures at the University of Southampton, including a module focusing on Nietzsche.

Reviews

[Drrk · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was drunk when I bought it. It was worth it.

[MeiMeiSam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Schopenhauer was always criticizing Kant's work but he also was depending on Kant's to carry out his theory. Schopenhauer's work was mainly on the problem of Subjectivity and Objectivity to determine whether a process of distinguishing of perception and conception is on the function of temporal process or not.
A man's cognition is depended of what kind of mechanism upon the psyche field is not yet known to the mundane because it is still on controversary that spatio=temporal process, whether it is efficacious on producing effective phenomenology. I mean, Phenomemnology is quite a complicated system to work on because multifarious layers of factors are waiting to be inauharated into the system to have a fabulos construe to show people how the real philosophy is.

[Rory · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clearly only for reading once the reader is familiar with Schopenhauers system, as described particularly in his main work 'The World as Will and Representation'.

80% of the essays are excellent; even if there is some overlap.