Description: Weltschmerz : Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1, Hardcover by Beiser, Frederick C., ISBN 0198768710, ISBN-13 9780198768715, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Weltschmerz is a study of the pessimism that dominated German philosophy in the second half of the nineteenth century. Pessimism was essentially the theory that life is not worth living. This theory was introduced into German philosophy by Schopenhauer, whose philosophy became very fashionable in the 1860s. Frederick C. Beiser examines the intense and long controversy that arose from Schopenhauer's pessimism, which changed the agenda of philosophy in Germany away from the logic of the sciences and toward an examination of the value of life. He examines the major defenders of pessimism (Philipp Mainlander, Eduard von Hartmann and Julius Bahnsen) and its chief critics, especially Eugen Duhring and the neo-Kantians. The pessimism dispute of the second half of the century has been largely ignored in secondary literature and this book is a first attempt since the 1880s to re-examine it and to analyze the important philosophical issues raised by it. The dispute concerned the most fundamental philosophical issue of them all: whether life is worth living.
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Book Title: Weltschmerz : Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Weltschmerz : Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: General, History & Surveys / Modern, Personality
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2016
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Frederick C. Beiser
Item Length: 9.5 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Psychology
Item Width: 6.6 in
Format: Hardcover
