Schopenhauer: Prize Essay on the Freedom of the Will
Part of Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
- Real Author: Schopenhauer
- Editor: Günter Zöller, Universität Munchen
- Translator: Eric F. J. Payne
- Date Published: April 1999
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521577663
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Written in 1839 and chosen as the winning entry in a competition held by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences, Schopenhauer's Prize Essay on the Freedom of the Will marked the beginning of its author's public recognition and is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant and elegant treatments of free will and determinism. Schopenhauer distinguishes the freedom of acting from the freedom of willing, affirming the former while denying the latter. He portrays human action as thoroughly determined but also argues that the freedom which cannot be established in the sphere of human action is preserved at the level of our innermost being as individuated will, whose reality transcends all dependency on outside factors. This volume offers the text in a previously unpublished translation by Eric F. J. Payne, the leading twentieth-century translator of Schopenhauer into English, together with a historical and philosophical introduction by Günter Zöller.
Read more- This essay constitutes a useful introduction to the key aspects of Schopenhauer's thought
- New translation from a distinguished translator of Schopenhauer
- Helpful annotation, chronology, guide to further reading
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- Date Published: April 1999
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521577663
- length: 144 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 153 x 10 mm
- weight: 0.2kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Definitions
2. The will before self-consciousness
3. The will before the consciousness of other things
4. Predecessors
5. Conclusion and higher view.
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