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Death, contemplation and Schopenhauer /
The connections between death, contemplation and the contemplative life have been a recurrent theme in the canons of both western and eastern philosophical thought. This book examines the classical sources of this philosophical literature, in particular Plato's Phaedo and the Katha Upanishad an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub.,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The connections between death, contemplation and the contemplative life have been a recurrent theme in the canons of both western and eastern philosophical thought. This book examines the classical sources of this philosophical literature, in particular Plato's Phaedo and the Katha Upanishad and then proceeds to a sustained analysis and critical assessment of the sources and standpoints of a single thinker, Arthur Schopenhauer, whose work comprehensively pursues this problem. The book traces the pivotal issue of death through the whole range of Schopenhauer's writings uncovering the deeper con. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 126 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-120) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754687061 0754687066 1281099643 9781281099648 9786611099640 6611099646 |