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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub
cop. 2007.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b33408476*spi |
| 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: | xiv, 126 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 119-120) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780754687061 |
