David Bather Woods on Schopenhauer on Compassion
Philosophy Bites · Nigel Warburton
January 10, 202124m 6s
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Show Notes
Arthur Schopenhauer is best known for the deep pessimism of his book The World as Will and Representation. Here we focus on a slightly less pessimistic aspect of his philosophy: his views on compassion. Very unusually for an early nineteenth century thinker, he was influenced here by his reading of Indian philosophy. David Bather Woods is the interviewee.
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