Willing and Unwilling: A Study in the Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer

by Julian Young

Book Overview

The Anglo-Saxon reception of Schopenhauer has a long and valuable tradition. An early reaction to Schopenhauer's thought from outside the German-speaking world was the appearance in the Westminster Review for 1853of "Iconoclasm in German Philosophy", an insightful essay of apprecia- tion written by John Oxenford. A gratified Schopenhauer was able to remark: "my philosophy has just set foot in England" (To Lindner, 27. 4. 1853). It remained there and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9024735564
• ISBN13: 9789024735563
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"