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Paul strathern schopenhauer biography

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Schopenhauer in 90 minuten

August 15, 2014
I'll admit that I have the same kind of perverse fascination with Western philosophers and their (mostly) impenetrably written, and questionably translated, works that most people exude while passing horrific car crashes. But like most people who love a good peak at a roadside massacre, I don't have a Ballardian impulse to be a part of the collision itself. In other words, I don't really know if I want to go slogging through thousand page tomes of someone else's obtuse opinions...but goddamn if it all doesn't still stir an interest in me!

Long story short, I grabbed this audiobook on a whim from work and listened to it over the course of two days while motoring to and from work (and to and from at least one dive bar late into the night). The title is exactly what you get: a brief rundown of the life and work of the titular Polish philosopher. As far as brief biographies go, this one was written in an entertaining and amusingly opinionated manner (Strathern is not afraid to let the reader know that he thinks the works of Hegel are a joke)
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Schopenhauer: Philosophy in an Hour

Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Schopenhauer in just one hour.

Arthur Schopenhauer, the ‘philosopher of pessimism,’ makes it clear that he regards the world and our life in it as a bad joke. However, if the world is indifferent to our fate it doesn’t thwart us deliberately – its façade is supported by what Schopenhauer calls the universal Will. He saw this as a force that is blind and without purpose, bringing on all our misery and suffering. Schopenhauer taught that our only hope is to liberate ourselves from the terrible power of the Will and from the trappings of individualism and egoism that are at its mercy.

Here is a concise, expert account of Schopenhauer’s life and philosophical ideas – entertainingly written and easy to understand. Also included are selections from Schopenhauer’s work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Schopenhauer in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

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Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes

August 15, 2014
I'll admit that I have the same kind of perverse fascination with Western philosophers and their (mostly) impenetrably written, and questionably translated, works that most people exude while passing horrific car crashes. But like most people who love a good peak at a roadside massacre, I don't have a Ballardian impulse to be a part of the collision itself. In other words, I don't really know if I want to go slogging through thousand page tomes of someone else's obtuse opinions...but goddamn if it all doesn't still stir an interest in me!

Long story short, I grabbed this audiobook on a whim from work and listened to it over the course of two days while motoring to and from work (and to and from at least one dive bar late into the night). The title is exactly what you get: a brief rundown of the life and work of the titular Polish philosopher. As far as brief biographies go, this one was written in an entertaining and amusingly opinionated manner (Strathern is not afraid to let the reader know that he thinks th

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