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Schopenhauer (10/15)


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Subjects: Authors, Biographies, History, Philosophy

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No		 Running Time: 46 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No
Copyright Date: 1987
Available in French: No

This program examines the systematic, philosophical pessimism of Arthur Schopenhauer and its emphasis on an infraconsciousness, or will, as the irrational motivating force in human nature. World-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and distinguished philosophical historian Frederick Copleston discuss Schopenhauer's theory of underlying reality as experienced through the inner self. On a larger scale, the concept of will is ultimately defined as energy, which is judged to be central to scientific explanations of what drives the universe.

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