来自: 豆瓣作者: Scarle 时间: 2013-4-20 09:30
Schopenhauer read the Latin translation of the Upanishads which had been translated by French writer Anquetil du Perron from the Persian translation of Prince Dara Shikoh entitled Sirre-Akbar Schopenhauer noted a correspondence between his doctrines and the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism...Similarities centered on the principles that life involves suffering, that suffering is caused by desire , and that the extinction of desire leads to liberation..Philosophy ... is a science, and as such has no articles of faith; accordingly, in it nothing can be assumed as existing except what is either positively given empirically, or demonstrated through indubitable conclusions.Schopenhauer accepted Kant's double-aspect of the universe — the phenomenal (world of experience) and the noumenal (the true world, independent of experience).
Some commentators suggest that Schopenhauer claimed that the noumenon, or thing-in-itself, was the basis for Schopenhauer's concept of the will.In his criticism of Kant, Schopenhauer claimed that sensation and understanding are separate and distinct abilities. Yet, for Kant, an object is known through each of them.
A key focus of Schopenhauer was his investigation of individual motivation. Before Schopenhauer, Hegel had popularized the concept of Zeitgeist, the idea that society consisted of a collective consciousness which moved in a distinct direction, dictating the actions of its members. Schopenhauer, a reader of both Kant and Hegel, criticized their logical optimism and the belief that individual morality could be determined by society and reason. Schopenhauer believed that humans were motivated by only their own basic desires.
来自: 豆瓣作者: Bentha 时间: 2013-4-20 09:30
Once I was curious why I felt so convenient and friendly with this statue, I guessed maybe Mr. John Ma was the great teacher of THU, my experienced university. However, I still couldn't explain the speciall affection to the figure. Today, I finally know the reason when I am reading <thinking notes of Arthur Schopenhauers >. He wrote "it is ridiculous to set the statue on a stiff stage even 20 feet high, because people can't see the figure clearly since usually the statue is made of bronze and in a dark color. If people walk closer to the statue to make a clearer view then they will be dazzled by the background of the sky or the sun. To be contrary, in Roma or Florence, you can find lots of statues almost all of them are with low stages or platform, which reflects the graceful taste in aesthetics."
Afterall, I love this book!
来自: 豆瓣作者: little 时间: 2013-4-20 09:30
到现在都不记得这本书是怎么来的，但偶然一读，便再也放不下了。这种思想上的共鸣在我是从未有过的。如果对人生有疑惑，就读一下吧。任何时候。。。