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Pessimism : philosophy, ethic, spirit / Joshua Foa Dienstag.

By: Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.Description: xix, 293 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 069112552X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780691125527 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 149/.6 22
LOC classification:
  • B829 .D54 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
The anatomy of pessimism -- "A philosophy that is grievous but true": cultural pessimism in Rousseau and Leopardi -- "The evils of the world honestly admitted": metaphysical pessimism in Schopenhauer and Freud -- "Consciousness is a disease": existential pessimism in Camus, Unamuno, and Cioran -- Nietzsche's Dionysian pessimism -- Cervantes as educator: Don Quixote and the practice of pessimism -- Aphorisms and pessimisms -- Pessimism and freedom (the pessimist speaks).
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks B829 .D54 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001070787

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-282) and index.

The anatomy of pessimism -- "A philosophy that is grievous but true": cultural pessimism in Rousseau and Leopardi -- "The evils of the world honestly admitted": metaphysical pessimism in Schopenhauer and Freud -- "Consciousness is a disease": existential pessimism in Camus, Unamuno, and Cioran -- Nietzsche's Dionysian pessimism -- Cervantes as educator: Don Quixote and the practice of pessimism -- Aphorisms and pessimisms -- Pessimism and freedom (the pessimist speaks).

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