It is an acknowledged fact that Wittgenstein read Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (The World as Will and Representation. ) in his youth, and possibly other works by the same author (Anscombe, 1963; McGuiness, 1988). In general, Wittgenstein is reluctant to recognize other authors' influences on his thought, but in his Notebooks, 1914-1916 2 he makes explicit reference to Schop...

This paper explores the speculations of absolute reality projected in Kena Upanishad and their reflections philosophy Schopenhauer. His proclamations Will remain as metamorphosis reality, Brahman, postulated Upanishad. For Schopenhauer, every phenomenal manifestation is objectification Will. The also states similar nature reality. Likewise, both Schopenhauer identify individual with entire cosm...

The following notes were prepared in response to criticism of Schopenhauer’s philosophy in a mailing list. The impression given was that the advances of the natural sciences since his death make his work irrelevant to modern science. I for one do not think that this is true. In these notes I do not try to convince the reader otherwise but select few examples of important scientists that were in...

Nietzsche e seu olhar sobre os estabelecimentos de ensino alemães como reflexo da cultura moderna Resumo: O artigo desenvolve um panorama no que tange às instituições alemãs sob a visão Friedrich Nietzsche. Para tanto, inicialmente é realizado o balanço crítico dos ginasial, técnico universitário modo atribuí-los ao problema degenerescência cultural sofrida partir do processo das reformas econô...

This issue has fascinated and troubled sensitive and concerned persons through the centuries. Plato, in The Republic, condemned physicians who allowed patients to suffer from lingering death and suggested euthanasia. So did Senaca when he raised the query of whether man is lengthening his life or death. Well known philosophers and writers who have justified or supported the cause of individuals...

I argue that Schopenhauer’s ascription of (moral) rights to animals flows naturally from his distinctive analysis of the concept of a right. In contrast to those who regard rights as fundamental and then cast wrongdoing as a matter of violating rights, he takes wrong (Unrecht) to be the more fundamental notion and defines the concept of a right (Recht) in its terms. He then offers an account of...