Schopenhauer’s Broken World-View
Colours and Ethics between Kant and Goethe
Authors: Lauxtermann, P.F.
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Schopenhauer's philosophy, at first sight so beautifully rounded, upon analysis reveals itself as the secret arena of two conflicting world-views. The present analysis considers the conflict by confronting Schopenhauer as a `disciple-of-sorts of Kant' with Schopenhauer as `Goethe's one-time collaborator on the theory of colour'. Here the two meet over profound issues which the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century has ineluctably put before us: what is the right level at which to apprehend nature; what is the proper foundation for a consistent ethics; how (if at all) to arrive at a unified conception of a world broken by modern science?
In this deeply-delving, lucidly written, humane and erudite study, the history of philosophical currents is blended with history of science, with history of ideas generally, and (to elucidate relevant portions of Schopenhauer's biography and intellectual and social environment) with German history too. The analysis, while benefiting from the scholarly literature, is grounded primarily in original research among the collected works of Schopenhauer, Kant and Goethe, considered in all their philosophical, scientific, and literary variety.
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Introduction
Pages 1-7
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Kant, Goethe, and the Mechanization of the World-Picture
Pages 9-40
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Five Decisive Years
Pages 41-52
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Colours
Pages 53-82
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The Antinomy: Can the World be in My Head, Yet My Head be in the World?
Pages 83-116
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Schopenhauer’s Broken World-View
- Book Subtitle
- Colours and Ethics between Kant and Goethe
- Authors
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- P.F. Lauxtermann
- Series Title
- Science and Philosophy
- Series Volume
- 10
- Copyright
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-015-9369-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-015-9369-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-7923-6585-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-5566-8
- Series ISSN
- 0924-4697
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 292
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