German Philosophers: Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche
by Roger Scruton (Contributor)
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This text contains studies of four of the most important German theorists: Kant, arguably the most influential modern philosopher; Hegel, whose philosophy inspired a vision of a communist society that for more than one hundred years enlivened revolutionary movements around the world; Schopenhauer, renowned for his pessimistic view that for human individual non-existence would be preferable; and Nietzsche, who has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people.Tags
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Sir Roger Scruton (1944-2020), the distinguished philosopher and public intellectual, taught at many institutions on both sides of the Atlantic including Birkbeck College, Boston University, and the University of Buckingham. He was the author of more than forty books. In his work as a philosopher he specialized in aesthetics, giving particular show more attention to music and architecture. He also wrote several novels, as well as memoirs and essays on topics of general interest. He engaged in contemporary political and cultural debates from the standpoint of a conservative thinker and was well known as a powerful polemicist. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the British Academy and was officially honoured by the Czech Republic, by the City of Plzen, and by Virginia's General Assembly. In 2004 he received the Ingersoll Weaver Prize for Scholarly Letters. In 2016 he was recipient of the Polish Lech Kaczynski Foundation's Medal for Courage and Integrity, was awarded the Italian Masi Prize for the Culture of Wine in recognition of his book I Drink Therefore I Am, and was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. show less
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- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804; Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831; Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860; Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
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- The greatest modern philosopher was moved by nothing more than by duty.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The only Dionysus we can identify him with is the one torn into innumerable agonized fragments.
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- Kant / Roger Scruton --
Hegel / Peter Singer --
Schopenhauer / Christopher Janaway --
Nietzsche / Michael Tanner.
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