The Ruins of a Book. Schopenhauer’s The World as Will
and Representation is one of the great failures of systematic philosophy. What begins with the shimmering architectonics of Kant ends up crumbling into dubious arguments, irascible indictments against humanity...
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I guess he doesn't like Schopenhauer
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Not sure about that. This is what he thinks about Kant: "I keep returning to Kant, but for the opposite reason. Each time I read, & witness the scintillating & austere construction of a system, I cannot help but to feel a certain sadness the edifice itself is somehow depressing."
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I guess he doesn't like Kant, either lol
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Funny ;) I don't know this guy too much but from the only book I read "Cosmic Pessimism", I think Schopenhauer is somehow highly considered by him...
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Well, that's a pretty scathing indictment of Schopenhauer that you tweeted. I love Schopenhauer's World as Will..., especially the 3rd and 4th books.
I've never read Thacker.
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It's my first time I've read him. I consider Schopenhauer a genius. May be you're right about the tweet that can be critical of him but the reason I tweeted was that it seems to me he appreciated the ·"mystical conclusion of his work". May be I was lost in translation !!!
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Thacker says Schopenhauer's book "is one of the great failures of systematic philosophy" and "ends up crumbling into dubious arguments" and "blah blah blah".
It doesn't sound very favorable, to me...
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Have you also read the Supplements? When I did it I found his philosophy even more engaging and beautiful than before, especially the last two books like in your case. Soon I'll read it again!
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No, sir, I have not. I need to get crackin' lol
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