Great Ideas: The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion

Author(s): ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER

Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs

A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

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Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Danzig in 1788 where his family, of Dutch origin, owned a respected trading house. Arthur was expected to inherit the business, but hated the work and in 1807, after his father's suicide and the sale of the business, he enrolled in the grammar school at Gotha. He went on to study medicine and science at Gottingen University and in 1810 began to study philosophy. During his middle life he travelled widely in Europe. He died in 1860.

General Fields

  • : 9780141191591
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : Penguin Character Books Ltd
  • : 0.081
  • : September 2009
  • : 181mm X 111mm X 7mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 210
  • : 128
  • : Philosophy of religion; Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present