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Handlungsspielräume Von Frauen in Weimar-Jena Um 1800. Sophie Mereau, Johanna Schopenhauer, Henriette Von Egloffstein
Handlungsspielräume von Frauen in Weimar-Jena um 1800. Sophie Mereau, Johanna Schopenhauer, Henriette von Egloffstein Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Philosophischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Julia Frindte geboren am 15. Juni 1976 in Erfurt Gutachter 1. Prof . Dr. Siegrid Westphal 2. Prof. Dr. Georg Schmidt 3. ....................................................................... Tag des Kolloquiums: 12.12.2005 Inhalt 1. EINLEITUNG ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 FRAGESTELLUNG................................................................................................. 3 1.2 UNTERSUCHUNGSGEGENSTAND .......................................................................... 6 1.3 FORSCHUNGSSTAND ............................................................................................10 1.4 QUELLENGRUNDLAGE .........................................................................................17 1.5 VORGEHENSWEISE...............................................................................................25 2. DAS KONZEPT ‚HANDLUNGSSPIELRAUM’...........................................................28 2.1 HANDLUNGSSPIELRAUM IN ALLTAGSSPRACHE UND FORSCHUNG .......................29 2.2 DAS KONZEPT ‚HANDLUNGSSPIELRAUM’ ...........................................................38 2.2.1 Begriffsverwendung............................................................................38 -
The Affirmation of the Will
Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-62695-9 - Schopenhauer: A Biography David E. Cartwright Excerpt More information 1 The Affirmation of the Will RTHUR SCHOPENHAUER VIEWED himself as homeless. This sense of A homelessness became the leitmotif of both his life and his philos- ophy. After the first five years of his life in Danzig, where he was born on 22 February 1788, his family fled the then free city to avoid Prus- sian control. From that point on, he said, “I have never acquired a new home.”1 He lived in Hamburg on and off for fourteen years, but he had his best times when he was away from that city. When he left Hamburg, he felt as if he were escaping a prison. He lived for four years in Dresden, but he would only view this city as the birthplace of his principal work, The World as Will and Representation. More than a decade in Berlin did nothing to give him a sense of belonging. He would angrily exclaim that he was no Berliner. After living as a noncitizen resident in Frankfurt am Main for the last twenty-eight years of his life, and after spending fifty years attempting to understand the nature and meaning of the world, he would ultimately conclude that the world itself was not his home. If one were to take this remark seriously, then even Danzig had not been his home. He was homeless from birth. But being homeless from birth did not mean that there was no point to his life. Schopenhauer would also conclude that from birth he had a mission in life. -
'The Supreme Principle of Morality'? in the Preface to His Best
The Supreme Principle of Morality Allen W. Wood 1. What is ‘The Supreme Principle of Morality’? In the Preface to his best known work on moral philosophy, Kant states his purpose very clearly and succinctly: “The present groundwork is, however, nothing more than the search for and establishment of the supreme principle of morality, which already constitutes an enterprise whole in its aim and to be separated from every other moral investigation” (Groundwork 4:392). This paper will deal with the outcome of the first part of this task, namely, Kant’s attempt to formulate the supreme principle of morality, which is the intended outcome of the search. It will consider this formulation in light of Kant’s conception of the historical antecedents of his attempt. Our first task, however, must be to say a little about the meaning of the term ‘supreme principle of morality’. For it is not nearly as evident to many as it was to Kant that there is such a thing at all. And it is extremely common for people, whatever position they may take on this issue, to misunderstand what a ‘supreme principle of morality’ is, what it is for, and what role it is supposed to play in moral theorizing and moral reasoning. Kant never directly presents any argument that there must be such a principle, but he does articulate several considerations that would seem to justify supposing that there is. Kant holds that moral questions are to be decided by reason. Reason, according to Kant, always seeks unity under principles, and ultimately, systematic unity under the fewest possible number of principles (Pure Reason A298-302/B355-359, A645- 650/B673-678). -
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Arthur Schopenhauer
03/05/2017 Arthur Schopenhauer (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Arthur Schopenhauer First published Mon May 12, 2003; substantive revision Sat Nov 19, 2011 Among 19th century philosophers, Arthur Schopenhauer was among the first to contend that at its core, the universe is not a rational place. Inspired by Plato and Kant, both of whom regarded the world as being more amenable to reason, Schopenhauer developed their philosophies into an instinctrecognizing and ultimately ascetic outlook, emphasizing that in the face of a world filled with endless strife, we ought to minimize our natural desires for the sake of achieving a more tranquil frame of mind and a disposition towards universal beneficence. Often considered to be a thoroughgoing pessimist, Schopenhauer in fact advocated ways — via artistic, moral and ascetic forms of awareness — to overcome a frustrationfilled and fundamentally painful human condition. Since his death in 1860, his philosophy has had a special attraction for those who wonder about life's meaning, along with those engaged in music, literature, and the visual arts. 1. Life: 1788–1860 2. The Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason 3. Schopenhauer's Critique of Kant 4. The World as Will 5. Transcending the Human Conditions of Conflict 5.1 Aesthetic Perception as a Mode of Transcendence 5.2 Moral Awareness as a Mode of Transcendence 5.3 Asceticism and the Denial of the WilltoLive 6. Schopenhauer's Later Works 7. Critical Reflections 8. Schopenhauer's Influence Bibliography Academic Tools Other Internet Resources Related Entries 1. Life: 1788–1860 Exactly a month younger than the English Romantic poet, Lord Byron (1788–1824), who was born on January 22, 1788, Arthur Schopenhauer came into the world on February 22, 1788 in Danzig [Gdansk, Poland] — a city that had a long history in international trade as a member of the Hanseatic League. -
Human Beings and the Moral Law: Moral Precariousness in Kant's Ethical Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations 2014 Human Beings and the Moral Law: Moral Precariousness in Kant's Ethical Philosophy Bradley Taylor University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations Part of the Philosophy Commons Recommended Citation Taylor, Bradley, "Human Beings and the Moral Law: Moral Precariousness in Kant's Ethical Philosophy" (2014). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 1468. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1468 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1468 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Human Beings and the Moral Law: Moral Precariousness in Kant's Ethical Philosophy Abstract ABSTRACT HUMAN BEINGS AND THE MORAL LAW: MORAL PRECARIOUSNESS IN KANT'S ETHICAL PHILOSOPHY Bradley M. Taylor Dr. Paul Guyer This dissertation is an examination of human moral precariousness in Kant's ethics. Human beings are in a state of moral precariousness insofar as they are ever-capable of transgressing the moral law and are often uncertain of the moral worth of their actions. Put another way, in this dissertation I argue that the basic relationship between human beings and the moral law, in Kant's moral philosophy, is, most fundamentally, one of tenuousness and vacillation. This relation is the fundamental characteristic of the human moral condition because such a relation is built into Kant's account of human moral agency. We have a tenuous relation to the moral law because we always have at least the possibility of conflict between our desire for happiness (i.e. the satisfaction of our inclinations) and the requirements of the moral law. -
On the Genealogy of Morality. the Birth of Pessimism in Zapffe’S on the Tragic
On the Genealogy of Morality... 75 ON THE GENEALOGY OF MORALITY. THE BIRTH OF PESSIMISM IN ZAPFFE’S ON THE TRAGIC SILVIYA SERAFIMOVA Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge, BAS [email protected] Abstract This article examines the genealogy of morality, as represented by the Norwegian philosopher and writer Peter Wessel Zapffe, as well as the way it affected the justification of his pessimism, which made him one of the most influential existentialists of the 20th century. Analyzing the complex relationships between so-called biological, social and (autotelic) metaphysical morality, which are explored against the background of four interest fronts (biological, social, autotelic and metaphysical fronts), I will clarify why Zapffe’s pessimism is irreducible to the one displayed by Schopenhauer since Zapffe provides a critical reception of Schopenhauer’s theory of tragic. Key words: Peter Wessel Zapffe, morality, existentialism, pessimism, On the Tragic Regardless of the fact that the conceptions of the Norwegian mountaineer, lawyer, writer and philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe are not as well-known as the theories of Arne Naess, they had a significant influence on the development of Norwegian existentialism. In this context, we should specify why one should talk about Zapffe’s pessimism rather than Zapffe’s nihilism regardless of Nietzsche’s influence on his views of cultural degrowth, as well as of the possibility to draw some parallels with Nietzsche’s ‘melancholic metaphysics’ [1], as Haave suggests (Haave, 1999, pp. 236-237). Zapffe himself describes Nietzsche’s theory of tragic arguing that his “aesthetic-tragic desire” (“aestetisk-tragiske lyst”) is imprecisely interpreted (Zapffe, 1941, p. -
Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics
Great Clarendon Street, Oxford Ox2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With oces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York Translation, Note on the Text and Translation, Select Bibliography, Chronology, Explanatory Notes © David E. Cartwright and Edward E. Erdmann 2010 Introduction © Christopher Janaway 2010 The moral rights of the authors have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published as an Oxford World’s Classics paperback 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above -
Schopenhauer's Ethics
Schopenhauer’s Ethics: A Metaphysics in Action Department of Education Ivan Brian L. Inductivo, M.A. Abstract: Disputations whether Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) assent to a certain normative system of Ethics in his philosophy has been an interminable topic. Despite his dispiriting claim that philosophy can never ‘guide conduct’ as well as the determinability of character raises the question of how there exists a moral dimension in his works. Indeed, he states explicitly that his views on morality are entirely in the spirit of Christianity, as well as being consistent with the doctrines and ethical precepts of the sacred books of India (The World as Will and Representation, Section 68). Through this, by way of synoptic assessment, many works on Schopenhauer focused on compassion as the basis of his ethics. This paper will then seek to underscore a different vantage point on the grounding Inductivo... of his ethics, i.e., one which is emerging from metaphysics and achieves its embodiment in action. Hence, the principal intent of this paper is to ascertain a possible normative exposition of Schopenhauer’s moral philosophy. This entails an elucidation on whether there is a framework of Ethics embedded in his metaphysics and a critical analysis on the plausibility of this moral philosophy. Keywords: Arthur Schopenhauer, Metaphysics, Ethics, Will-to-Live, Compassion, Virtue “It is just as little necessary for the saint to be a philosopher as for the philosopher to be a saint; just as it is not necessary for a perfectly beautiful, person to be a great sculptor, or for a great sculptor to be himself a beautiful person. -
Jugendleben Und Wanderbilder
Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Prose Fiction Sophie 1839 Jugendleben und Wanderbilder Johanna Schopenhauer Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction Part of the German Literature Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Schopenhauer, Johanna, "Jugendleben und Wanderbilder" (1839). Prose Fiction. 125. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/125 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Sophie at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Prose Fiction by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Johanna Schopenhauer Jugendleben und Wanderbilder Johanna Schopenhauer: Jugendleben und Wanderbilder Unvollendet, mit Notizen zur geplanten Fortsetzung. Erstdruck in: Johanna Schopenhauer’s Nachlaß. Herausgegeben von ihrer Tochter [Adele Schopenhauer], 1.–2. Band, Braunschweig (George Westermann) 1839. Die im Anhang versammelten Fragmente und Briefe werden hier nicht wiedergegeben. Textgrundlage sind die Ausgaben: Johanna Schopenhauer’s Nachlaß. Herausgegeben von ihrer Tochter. Band 1, Braunschweig: Verlag von George Westermann, 1839. Johanna Schopenhauer’s Nachlaß. Herausgegeben von ihrer Tochter. Band 2, Braunschweig: Verlag von George Westermann, 1839. Dieses Buch folgt in Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung obiger Textgrundlage. Die Paginierung obiger Ausgaben wird hier als Marginalie zeilengenau mitgeführt. Inhalt Erster Band .................................................................................................... -
Schopenhauer on the Values of Aesthetic Experience
Schopenhauer on the Values of Aesthetic Experience The Southern Journal of Philosophy (2007) Vol. XLV Schopenhauer on the Values of Aesthetic Experience Bart Vandenabeele Ghent University (Belgium) Abstract In this essay, I argue that Schopenhauer’s view of the aesthetic feelings of the beautiful and the sublime shows how a “dialectical” interpre- tation that homogenizes both aesthetic concepts and reduces the discrepancy between both to merely quantitative differences is flawed. My critical analysis reveals a number of important tensions in both Schopenhauer’s own aesthetic theory—which does not ultimately succeed in “merging” Plato’s and Kant’s approaches—and the interpretation that unjustly reduces the value of aesthetic experience to a merely preliminary stage of ethical will-less salvation. Art does not hurt us. The tears that we shed at a play are a type of the exquisite sterile emotions that it is the function of art to awaken. We weep, but we are not wounded. Oscar Wilde The Critic as Artist In the traditional interpretation of Schopenhauer’s aesthetic theory, the thought prevails that aesthetic pleasure is rooted in the subject’s release from the claws of the blind will and that such a (negative) feeling of relief forms a preparation to the Bart Vandenabeele is Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at Ghent University (Belgium). He is the author and editor of several books in aesthetics, philosophy of art, and philosophy of culture. He has published several contributions in books and international journals on aesthetics, the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of language in English, German, Portuguese, and Dutch. -
"Reisen, Sollte Ich &En! England Sehen! " by a Thesis Submitted to The
"Reisen, sollte ich &en! England sehen! " A Study in Eighteent h-century Travel Accounts: Sophie von La Roche, Johanna Schopenhauer and Others by Helen Lowry A thesis submitted to the Department of German Language and Literature in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Queen's University Kingston, On tario, Canada October, 1998 Helen Lowry, 1998 National Library Bibliothèque nationale du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographie Services services bibliographiques 395 Wellington Street 395, rue Wellington Ottawa ON K1A W OüawaON K1AW Canada canada The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accordé une Licence non exclusive licence allowing the exclusive permettant à la National Library of Canada to Bibliothèque nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distri-bute or sen reproduire, prêter, distniuer ou copies of this thesis in rnicroform, vendre des copies de cette thèse sous paper or electronic formats. la fome de microfiche/film, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format électronique. The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriété du copyright in this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protège cette thèse. thesis nor substantiai extracts fkom it Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or otherwise de celle-ci ne doivent êîre imprimes - reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation. -. 11 ABSTRACT This study considers the travel accounts of Great Britain by Sophie von La Roche and Johanna Schopenhauer as disparate representatives of the Geman anglophilia prevalent in the latter stages of the long eighteenth century. These women journeyed to Britain as products of the burgeoning bourgeois inclination to travel in an age of gemgraphical and metaphysical discovery. -
Inhaltsverzeichnis
INHALTSVERZEICHNIS. Seite VORWORT DES HERAUSGERERS III PHILOSOPHISCHE ABTEILUNG. Die Bergsonsche Philosophie in ihrem Verhältnis zu Schopenhauer. Von Peter Knudsen (Glostrup bei Kopen hagen) 3 Vorstufen der Lehre Nietzsches von der ewigen Wiederkunft bei Schopenhauer. Von Heinrich Hasse (Frankfurta.M.) 45 Die Palingenesie bei Schopenhauer und die Frage der Identität in der Wiederverkörperung. Von Hermann Thomsen (Bolzano-Gries) 57 Anatole France et Schopenhauer. Par A. Baillot (Chinon) 67 BIOGRAPHISCHE ABTEILUNG. Neue Mitteilungen über Adele und Arthur Schopenhauer. Von H. H. Houben (Berlin) 79 I. Tod der Adele Schopenhauer 80 II. Adelens Nachlaß 108 III. Ein Briefwechsel mit Arthur Schopenhauer . 137 VERMISCHTE BEITRÄGE UND BEMERKUNGEN. Die Feier des 140. Geburtstages Schopenhauers in Danzig. Von Hans Cüsow (Danzig) 185 Nochmals über den Einfluß Schopenhauers auf die schöne Literatur. Von Richard Gebhard (Berlin-Wilmersdorf) 189 Schopenhauer in der Belletristik Italiens. Von Hans Zint (Danzig) . 190 Italo Svevo f. Von Carlo Franellich (Trieste) . 194 Julius Eichenwald f. Von Richard Gebhard (Berlin- Wilmersdorf) 198 — XII — Seite BIBLIOGRAPHIE. Zusammengestellt von Rudolf Borch (Braunschweig). Schopenhauer-Bibliographie für das Jahr 1926 . 201 , „ , ü'27 ... 204 . , „ 1928 ... 206 BESPRECHUNGEN. Arturo Schopenhauer, II Mondo come Volon!ä e Rap- presentazione. Vol. I. Trad. di P. Savj-Lopez e G. De Lorenzo. Von Hans Zint (Danzig) 209 Ernst Kilb, Schopenhauers Religionsphilosophie und die Religionsphilosophie des Als-Ob. Von Max Rudolph (Arnstadt) 210 Prabhu Dutt Shastri, The Essentials of Eastern Philo- sophy. Von Helmuth von Glasenapp (Königsberg i. Pr.) 213 Arthur Liebert, Die Philosophie in der Schule. Von Kurt Krippendorf (Berlin) 214 Hermann Thomsen, Tod und Neue Geburt. Die Wieder- verkörperung bei Schopenhauer und in einer Philosophie des Lebens.