A única intuição – o único pensamento: Sobre a questão do sistema em Fichte e em Schopenhauer

2007

In this paper, the theme “intuition” and “thought” is related to the problem, virulent in the German Idealism, of the philosophical systematic. After the conception of system sustained by Kant in the “Architectonic of reason” was criticized as formalist, and, at the same time, the criticism on the rationalist systems, formerly exerted by the empiricism, developed in the 18th century, it emerged a methodological crisis in the philosophy at the end of that century, maybe expressed in the most intense way in one “fragment” written by Friedrich Schlegel: “It is equally mortal to the spirit to have a system and to have none”. Fichte and Schopenhauer deal with the system issue in the light of the…

Some Remarks on the Present State of Research on Schopenhauer and Indian Philosophy

2017

In this chapter, I take a look at the progress which has been made in the research on Schopenhauer and Indian philosophy during the last 10 years. It consists of three parts: In the first part, I give an overview of the development of subjects within the field of research and of the dissemination of research work as far as I happened to notice it. The second part consists of a critical examination of the state of research. In the third part, I discuss new developments in the digital presentation of sources and literature and make suggestions on improving cooperation between international scholars and students in order to profit more from the synergetic effects which may arise from the joint…

“A vida é apenas um espelho” – o conceito crítico de vida de Schopenhauer

2012

Schopenhauer e considerado o precursor ou o primeiro representante da filosofia da vida, desenvolvida posteriormente por Dilthey, Nietzsche, Bergson e outros. Em contraste com a filosofia classica da vida e com as concepcoes eticas a ela relacionadas, a vida em Schopenhauer nao e vista como um fim, mas como um meio para um outro fim, ou seja, para a etica, que culmina na negacao da vontade de vida. Ja nas primeiras anotacoes manuscritas, Schopenhauer usa diversas metaforas para caracterizar a vida como um meio para o conhecimento etico. Com bastante frequencia aparece a imagem da vida como espelho, no qual o homem ve sua propria natureza e assim a essencia do mundo. Na obra madura, essa ima…

The ‘Perfected System of Criticism’: Schopenhauer's Initial Disagreements with Kant

2012

AbstractI would like to know who of mycontemporaries should be more competent inKantian philosophy than me.(Schopenhauer in a letter to Rosenkranz and Schubert, 18371)In this paper the attempt is made to show how Schopenhauer's critique of Kant leads from initial disagreements to a fundamental modification, even a new formation, of the Kantian concepts of understanding, reason, imagination, perception, idea and thing-in-itself. The starting point and the core of his critique is the demand for the appreciation of intuitive knowledge which is apart from and independent of reason. The intuitive knowledge goes back to images and its highest form is aesthetic contemplation. Without a participati…

The Artist as Subject of Pure Cognition

2011

„Das Leben ist nur ein Spiegel“ – Schopenhauers kritischer Lebensbegriff

2012

Schopenhauer gilt als Vorreiter oder erster Vertreter der Lebensphilosophie, wie sie später von Dilthey, Nietzsche, Bergson und anderen entfaltet wurde. Im Unterschied zur klassischen Lebensphilosophie und zu den an sie anknüpfenden ethischen Entwürfen wird das Leben bei Schopenhauer aber nicht als Zweck betrachtet, sondern als Mittel zu einem anderen Zweck, nämlich für die Ethik, die in der Verneinung des Willens zum Leben gipfelt. Schon in den frühesten handschriftlichen Aufzeichnungen verwendet Schopenhauer verschiedene Metaphern, um das Leben als Medium der ethischen Erkenntnis zu charakterisieren. Besonders häufig tritt dabei das Bild vom Leben als Spiegel auf, in dem der Mensch sein e…