Prize essay on the freedom of the will

Arthur Schopenhauer ; edited by Günter Zöller ; translated by Eric F.J. Payne

Written in 1839 and chosen as the winning entry in a competition held by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences, Schopenhauer's Prize Essay on the Freedom of the Will marked the beginning of its author's public recognition and is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant and elegant treatments of free will and determinism. Schopenhauer distinguishes the freedom of acting from the freedom of willing, affirming the former while denying the latter. He portrays human action as thoroughly determined but also argues that the freedom which cannot be established in the sphere of human action is preserved at the level of our innermost being as individuated will, whose reality transcends all dependency on outside factors. This volume offers the text in a previously unpublished translation by Eric F. J. Payne, the leading twentieth-century translator of Schopenhauer into English, together with a historical and philosophical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 Gunter Zoller.

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Written in 1839 and chosen as the winning entry in a competition held by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences, Schopenhauer's Prize Essay on the Freedom of the Will marked the beginning of its author's public recognition and is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant and elegant treatments of free will and determinism. Schopenhauer distinguishes the freedom of acting from the freedom of willing, affirming the former while denying the latter. He portrays human action as thoroughly determined but also argues that the freedom which cannot be established in the sphere of human action is preserved at the level of our innermost being as individuated will, whose reality transcends all dependency on outside factors. This volume offers the text in a previously unpublished translation by Eric F. J. Payne, the leading twentieth-century translator of Schopenhauer into English, together with a historical and philosophical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 Gunter Zoller.

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[目次]

  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. The will before self-consciousness
  • 3. The will before the consciousness of other things
  • 4. Predecessors
  • 5. Conclusion and higher view.

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[目次]

  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. The will before self-consciousness
  • 3. The will before the consciousness of other things
  • 4. Predecessors
  • 5. Conclusion and higher view.

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書名 Prize essay on the freedom of the will
著作者等 Payne, Eric F.J.
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Zöller, Günter
Ameriks Karl
Clarke Desmond M.
Zoller Gunter
書名別名 Über die Freiheit des menschlichen Willens
シリーズ名 Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 1999
ページ数 xxxix, 100 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0521577667
0521571413
NCID BA42492470
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言語 英語
原文言語 ドイツ語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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