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David Bather Woods on Schopenhauer on Compassion
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24 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2021
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Podcast episode
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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. We are very grateful for sponsorship for this episode from St John's College.
Released:
Jan 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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