en-US Sun, 15 Sep 2024 16:28:42 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 19506 Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical works of the nineteenth century, the basic statement of one important stream of post-Kantian thought. It is without question Schopenhauer's greatest work. Conceived and published before the philosopher was 30 and expanded 25 years later, it is the summation of a lifetime of thought.

For 70 years, the only unabridged English translation of this work was the Haldane-Kemp collaboration. In 1958, a new translation by E. F. J. Payne appeared that decisively supplanted the older one. Payne's translation is superior because it corrects nearly 1,000 errors and omissions in the Haldane-Kemp translation, and it is based on the definitive 1937 German edition of Schopenhauer's work prepared by Dr. Arthur HĂĽbscher. Payne's edition is the first to translate into English the text's many quotations in half a dozen languages. It is thus the most useful edition for the student or teacher.]]> 534 Arthur Schopenhauer 0486217612 Brock 4 idealism
1) For me, Schopenhauer is a great writer. I don’t know how perfect the translation is but I’ve always found his writings to be translated in a quiet clear, enjoyable manner. This leads me to believe the original contains the same concise style. He stays relatively on track without unnecessary detours and uses enough examples to convey his ideas

2) His concept of the will-to-live doesn’t have to be negative. He of course runs with it in a pessimistic way, but we saw other philosophers such as his predecessor, Nietzsche, twist it into a more positive light of will to power. We all experience this inner nature within our human condition for striving, becoming, and desiring. This can lead to suffering and frustration as Schopenhauer vividly details, but it’s also what leads humans to growth, innovation, and happiness

3) His referencing and interpretations of religion were quite interesting. He certainly did not detail the beliefs of Christianity, Buddhism, or Hinduism perfectly, but the way he wove them into his explanation of the world was helpful. Comparing his denial of the will to asceticism was illuminating for me.

All in all, I (like most) do not agree with or love Schopenhauer’s pessimist view of the world, yet I found the book valuable and I could follow his logic fairly coherently. Worth a read, especially if you want to understand Nietzsche and other thinkers more clearly]]> 4.21 1818
author: Arthur Schopenhauer
name: Brock
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1818
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/09/15
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One may wonder how could a book promising inherent suffering as the core of our existence and trying to console us by recommending an acceptance of such suffering warrant a five star review. Here’s my brief justification

1) For me, Schopenhauer is a great writer. I don’t know how perfect the translation is but I’ve always found his writings to be translated in a quiet clear, enjoyable manner. This leads me to believe the original contains the same concise style. He stays relatively on track without unnecessary detours and uses enough examples to convey his ideas

2) His concept of the will-to-live doesn’t have to be negative. He of course runs with it in a pessimistic way, but we saw other philosophers such as his predecessor, Nietzsche, twist it into a more positive light of will to power. We all experience this inner nature within our human condition for striving, becoming, and desiring. This can lead to suffering and frustration as Schopenhauer vividly details, but it’s also what leads humans to growth, innovation, and happiness

3) His referencing and interpretations of religion were quite interesting. He certainly did not detail the beliefs of Christianity, Buddhism, or Hinduism perfectly, but the way he wove them into his explanation of the world was helpful. Comparing his denial of the will to asceticism was illuminating for me.

All in all, I (like most) do not agree with or love Schopenhauer’s pessimist view of the world, yet I found the book valuable and I could follow his logic fairly coherently. Worth a read, especially if you want to understand Nietzsche and other thinkers more clearly
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author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
name: Brock
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1807
rating: 3
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date added: 2023/04/19
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]]> 866000 Fichte divides the book into three parts: "Doubt," "Knowledge," and "Faith." In the first part, the author argues that human beings lie to themselves by thinking that they have free will; people act because they are subject to the laws of cause and effect. For the second part, "Knowledge," the author talks about natural existence and how human beings shape their reality through what they know. In the final and perhaps most important part, the author talks about faith.
Human beings are guided by a higher power beyond themselves, he argues. The spirit gives people hope. Therefore, serving God and doing everything according to God's will should be the ultimate purpose of every human being, even if they have to go through suffering when they do it.]]> 144 Johann Gottlieb Fichte 087220037X Brock 4 idealism 3.51 1800
author: Johann Gottlieb Fichte
name: Brock
average rating: 3.51
book published: 1800
rating: 4
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]]> 317334 184 087548025X Brock 3 idealism 4.00 1809
author: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
name: Brock
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1809
rating: 3
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]]> 17573778 Phenomenologie de la perception signalled the arrival of a major new philosophical and intellectual voice in post-war Europe. Breaking with the prevailing picture of existentialism and phenomenology at the time, it has become one of the landmark works of twentieth-century thought. This new translation, the first for over fifty years, makes this classic work of philosophy available to a new generation of readers.

Phenomenology of Perception stands in the great phenomenological tradition of Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre. Yet Merleau-Ponty's contribution is decisive, as he brings this tradition and other philosophical predecessors, particularly Descartes and Kant, to confront a neglected dimension of our experience: the lived body and the phenomenal world. Charting a bold course between the reductionism of science on the one hand and "intellectualism" on the other, Merleau-Ponty argues that we should regard the body not as a mere biological or physical unit, but as the body which structures one's situation and experience within the world.



Merleau-Ponty enriches his classic work with engaging studies of famous cases in the history of psychology and neurology as well as phenomena that continue to draw our attention, such as phantom limb syndrome, synaesthesia, and hallucination. This new translation includes many helpful features such as the reintroduction of Merleau-Ponty's discursive Table of Contents as subtitles into the body of the text, a comprehensive Translator's Introduction to its main themes, essential notes explaining key terms of translation, an extensive Index, and an important updating of Merleau-Ponty's references to now available English translations.



Also included is a new foreword by Taylor Carman and an introduction to Merleau-Ponty by Claude Lefort.



Translated by Donald A. Landes.]]> 606 Maurice Merleau-Ponty 0415834333 Brock 0 to-read, idealism 4.34 1945
author: Maurice Merleau-Ponty
name: Brock
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1945
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]]> 478234 Secondary consideration has been given to a typescript (cited as "Typescript C") on which Husserl wrote in 1933: "Cartes. Meditationen / Original text 1929 / E. Husserl / fur Dorion Cairns." Its use of emphasis and quotation marks conforms more closely to Husserl's practice, as exemplified in works published during his lifetime. In this respect the translation usually follows Typescript C. Moreover, some of the variant readings n this typescript are preferable and have been used as the basis for the translation. Where that is the case, the published text is given or translated in a footnote.
The published text and Typescript C have been compared with the French translation by Gabrielle Pfeiffer and Emmanuel Levinas (Paris, Armand Collin, 1931). The use of emphasis and quotation marks in the French translation corresponds more closely to that in Typescript C than to that in the published text. Often, where the wording of the published text and that of Typescript C differ, the French translation indicates that it was based on a text that corresponded more closely to one or the other - usually to Typescript C. In such cases the French translation has been quoted or cited in a foornote."]]> 157 Edmund Husserl 902470068X Brock 0 to-read, idealism 3.93 1929
author: Edmund Husserl
name: Brock
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1929
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