The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer) - Hardcover

Schopenhauer, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521871409 ISBN 13: 9780521871402

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Arthur Schopenhauer's The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (1841) consists of two groundbreaking essays: 'On the Freedom of the Will' and 'On the Basis of Morals'. The essays make original contributions to ethics and display Schopenhauer's erudition, prose-style and flair for philosophical controversy, as well as philosophical views that contrast sharply with the positions of both Kant and Nietzsche. Written accessibly, they do not presuppose the intricate metaphysics which Schopenhauer constructs elsewhere. This is the first English translation of these works to re-unite both essays in one volume. It offers a new translation by Christopher Janaway, together with an introduction, editorial notes on Schopenhauer's vocabulary and the different editions of his essays, a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and a glossary of names.

About this title

Book Description:

This is the first English edition of Arthur Schopenhauer's The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (1841) to re-unite both essays in one volume. It offers a new translation by Christopher Janaway, together with an introduction and editorial notes on Schopenhauer's vocabulary and the different editions of his essays.

About the Author:

Christopher Janaway is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His many publications include Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (2002) and he is editor of The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer (1999).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521871409
• ISBN 13: 9780521871402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 334