A Critical Review of Weltschmerz Pessimism in German Philosophy

Weltschmerz’ Pessimism in German Philosophy by Ferdrick C. Beiser, is a study of the pessimism that dominated German philosophy in the second half of the nineteenth century. According to the author, Pessimism, broadly defined, is the doctrine that life is not worth living. This view was introduced i...

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Main Author: Hamidreza Mahboobi Arani
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Published: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) 2020-05-01
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description Weltschmerz’ Pessimism in German Philosophy by Ferdrick C. Beiser, is a study of the pessimism that dominated German philosophy in the second half of the nineteenth century. According to the author, Pessimism, broadly defined, is the doctrine that life is not worth living. This view was introduced into German philosophy by Schopenhauer, whose philosophy became very fashionable in the 1860s. Beiser examines the intense and long controversy that arose from Schopenhauer’s pessimism, which changed the agenda of philosophy in Germany away from the logic of the sciences and toward an examination of the value of life. He examines the major defenders of pessimism (Philipp Mainländer, Eduard von Hartmann, and Julius Bahnsen) and its chief critic, especially Eugen Dühring. In this paper, I introduce the book’s general approach, aim, and contents, mentioning its privileges as a history of philosophy of an almost forgotten controversy and some wishes about its shortcomings.
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spelling doaj-art-2821573e78224b2180da181d79bafe7f2025-01-08T05:47:57ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)پژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی2383-16502020-05-0120333936310.30465/crtls.2020.53055305A Critical Review of Weltschmerz Pessimism in German PhilosophyHamidreza Mahboobi Arani,0* PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranWeltschmerz’ Pessimism in German Philosophy by Ferdrick C. Beiser, is a study of the pessimism that dominated German philosophy in the second half of the nineteenth century. According to the author, Pessimism, broadly defined, is the doctrine that life is not worth living. This view was introduced into German philosophy by Schopenhauer, whose philosophy became very fashionable in the 1860s. Beiser examines the intense and long controversy that arose from Schopenhauer’s pessimism, which changed the agenda of philosophy in Germany away from the logic of the sciences and toward an examination of the value of life. He examines the major defenders of pessimism (Philipp Mainländer, Eduard von Hartmann, and Julius Bahnsen) and its chief critic, especially Eugen Dühring. In this paper, I introduce the book’s general approach, aim, and contents, mentioning its privileges as a history of philosophy of an almost forgotten controversy and some wishes about its shortcomings.https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_5305_d1e8177ec2c81e94a28047585378d210.pdfgerman philosophypessimismoptimismproblem of evilpuzzle of existenceidentity crisis
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A Critical Review of Weltschmerz Pessimism in German Philosophy
پژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی
german philosophy
pessimism
optimism
problem of evil
puzzle of existence
identity crisis
title A Critical Review of Weltschmerz Pessimism in German Philosophy
title_full A Critical Review of Weltschmerz Pessimism in German Philosophy
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title_sort critical review of weltschmerz pessimism in german philosophy
topic german philosophy
pessimism
optimism
problem of evil
puzzle of existence
identity crisis
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