Synopses & Reviews
Schopenhauer's Prize Essay is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant and elegant treatments of free will and determinism. He distinguishes the freedom of acting from the freedom of willing, affirming the former while denying the latter. This volume offers the text in a previously unpublished translation by Eric F.J. Payne, the leading twentieth-century translator of Schopenhauer into English, together with a historical and philosophical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 GÜnter Zöller.
Review
"Recommended for large university and public libraries; accessible to general readers, upper-division undergraduates, and above." Choice
Synopsis
New translation of Schopenhauer's brilliant and elegant essay on free will and determinism.
Synopsis
This volume offers Schopenhauerâs brilliant and elegant essay on free will and determinism in a previously unpublished translation by Eric F. J. Payne, the leading twentieth-century translator of Schopenhauer into English, together with a historical and philosophical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 Günter Zöller.
Synopsis
'New translation of Schopenhauerâs brilliant and elegant essay on free will and determinism.'
Table of Contents
1. Definitions; 2. The will before self-consciousness; 3. The will before the consciousness of other things; 4. Predecessors; 5. Conclusion and higher view.