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- The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer
书名: The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer)
作者: Arthur Schopenhauer (Author), Christopher Janaway (Translator)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; First printing edition (July 27, 2009)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521871409
ISBN-13: 978-0521871402
Book Description
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 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).