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Prize essay on the freedom of the will / Arthur Schopenhauer ; edited by Gunter Zoller ; translated by Eric F.J. Payne.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: German Series: Cambridge texts in the history of philosophyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.Description: xxxix, 100 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0521571413 hb
  • 0521577667 pb
Uniform titles:
  • Preisschrift uber die Freiheit des Willens. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 123/.5 21
LOC classification:
  • B3144.U352 E5 1999
Contents:
Ch. 1. Definitions. Ch. 2. The will before self-consciousness. Ch. 3. The will before the consciousness of other things. Ch. 4. Predecessors. Ch. 5. Conclusion and higher view.
Summary: Publisher description: 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 This volume offers the text in a previously unpublished translation by Eric F. J. Payne, the leading twentieth-century translator of Schopenhauer into English, together with a historical and philosophical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 Gunter Zoller.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks B3144 .U352 E5 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000685593

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiii-xxxiv) and index.

Ch. 1. Definitions. Ch. 2. The will before self-consciousness. Ch. 3. The will before the consciousness of other things. Ch. 4. Predecessors. Ch. 5. Conclusion and higher view.

Publisher description: 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 Gunter Zoller.

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