Horrors and Absurdities of Religion

Informationen zum Autor Arthur Schopenhauer Klappentext Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Danzig in 1788 where his family, of Dutch origin, owned a respected trading house. Arthur was expected to inherit the business, but hated the work and in 1807, after his father's suicide and the sale of the business, he enrolled in the grammar school at Gotha. He went on to study medicine and science at Gottingen University and in 1810 began to study philosophy. During his middle life he travelled widely in Europe. He died in 1860. Zusammenfassung Examines ethics, religion and psychology. This selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Schopenhauer, Schopenhauer Arthur
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.08.2009
• EAN: 9780141191591
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119159-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Penguin Great Ideas; Penguin Books, Great Ideas; Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas; Penguin Classics; Penguin Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought