Death, contemplation and Schopenhauer / R. Raj Singh.

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Singh, R. Raj, 1948-

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9780754687061
0754687066
1281099643
9781281099648
9786611099640
6611099646

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Death, contemplation and Schopenhauer.DDC classification:

193 22

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BD444 .S52 2007eb

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Contents:

The word and the deed of Socrates -- The Katha Upanishad : an Eastern classic on death -- Schopenhauer : Book IV of The world as will and representation -- Schopenhauer and Indian thought -- Schopenhauer : the supplementary essays -- Schopenhauer : the later essays.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-120) and index.

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.