Download or read book Optimism and Pessimism Or the Problem of Evil Classic Reprint written by Jakob Frohschammer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-04 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Optimism and Pessimism, or the Problem of Evil We come now to the philosophical efforts to solve the problem of evil. Here our inquiries must be limited to the most important. Plato, notwithstanding his idealism, or rather because of it, was by no means an Optimist, at least in relation to this life. In his judg ment, the condition of the human race on earth was essentially one of punishment and suffering for sins committed in a former state of being. He vindicates the pre-existence and transmigration of souls, though in a more dignified form than this doctrine was held by the Hindoos in India. The sensuous body appeared to him as the prison of the soul, from which it is to be freed by death. Matter is not any true existence, but the nothing, that which is impervious to true knowledge, the irrational. But, notwithstanding all this, Plato is not to be regarded as a Pessimist. He does not limit human existence to this earthly life, but supposes it to continue, and therefore to be capable of higher perfection or likeness to what is divine. This is evident from the proofs of the soul's immortality which he puts into the mouth of Socrates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Optimism and Pessimism written by Frohschammer Jakob 1821-1893 and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Conflict in Nature and Life written by John Stahl Patterson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Conflict in Nature and Life: A Study of Antagonism in the Constitution of Things; For the Elucidation of the Problem of Good and Evil, and the Reconciliation of Optimism and Pessimism This last point is the subject of this volume. It is now over twenty years since it was first suggested to the writer's mind by observation and re ection on human nature and its experiences in life. The conception may not strike the reader as path breaking by any means, yet such has it been to the author. Each of the above-named acquisitions necessitated the dropping of something as error, which had previously been held as truth. This was not less the case with the last than with any of the others. It revolutionized his method of looking at the possibili ties of life, and changed the direction of his efforts with regard to those possibilities. It seemed to have a practical use, as well as philosophical interest; and it occurred to him then to work it out in some of its scientific, historical, and practical relations, with the hope that it might be of interest to others, and perhaps, not altogether without a desirable in uence on conduct. The writer has been in no haste to organize his study of the subject into a book, wishing it, whenever it might take form, to be as little crude as possible. Besides, he has been too busy with more immediate and pressing interests, to make rapid progress in the systematic study of a philosophical problem having such a multiplicity of connections as this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Dark Matters written by Mara van der Lugt and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intellectual history of the philosophers who grappled with the problem of evil, and the case for why pessimism still holds moral value for us today In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, philosophers engaged in heated debates on the question of how God could have allowed evil and suffering in a creation that is supposedly good. Dark Matters traces how the competing philosophical traditions of optimism and pessimism arose from early modern debates about the problem of evil, and makes a compelling case for the rediscovery of pessimism as a source for compassion, consolation, and perhaps even hope. Bringing to life one of the most vibrant eras in the history of philosophy, Mara van der Lugt discusses legendary figures such as Leibniz, Hume, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, and Schopenhauer. She also introduces readers to less familiar names, such as Bayle, King, La Mettrie, and Maupertuis. Van der Lugt describes not only how the earliest optimists and pessimists were deeply concerned with finding an answer to the question of the value of existence that does justice to the reality of human suffering, but also how they were fundamentally divided over what such an answer should look like. A breathtaking work of intellectual history by one of today's leading scholars, Dark Matters reveals how the crucial moral aim of pessimism is to find a way of speaking about suffering that offers consolation and does justice to the fragility of life.
Download or read book Pessimism written by James Sully and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pessimism: A History and a Criticism Characteristics of reasoned forms - Varieties according to the subject matter - According to the arguments employed - Modes of getting rid of the evil of the world - Historical review: The theology of the Hebrews - Indian philosophy - Greek religious thought - Early Greek speculation - The Sceptics - The Ethicists - Metaphysics of Plato, Aristotle, &c. - The Alexandrine philosophy - The Christian doctrine of life - The Fathers - Free-will and predestination - The Schoolmen Giordano Bruno - Spinoza - Theodicy of Leibnitz - English writers of the eighteenth century: optimism in the theological disputes - Shaftesbury and Pope - The Ethical Optimists Hartley, Tucker, Smith, &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book After Hegel written by Frederick C. Beiser and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories of German philosophy in the nineteenth century typically focus on its first half—when Hegel, idealism, and Romanticism dominated. By contrast, the remainder of the century, after Hegel's death, has been relatively neglected because it has been seen as a period of stagnation and decline. But Frederick Beiser argues that the second half of the century was in fact one of the most revolutionary periods in modern philosophy because the nature of philosophy itself was up for grabs and the very absence of certainty led to creativity and the start of a new era. In this innovative concise history of German philosophy from 1840 to 1900, Beiser focuses not on themes or individual thinkers but rather on the period’s five great debates: the identity crisis of philosophy, the materialism controversy, the methods and limits of history, the pessimism controversy, and the Ignorabimusstreit. Schopenhauer and Wilhelm Dilthey play important roles in these controversies but so do many neglected figures, including Ludwig Büchner, Eugen Dühring, Eduard von Hartmann, Julius Fraunstaedt, Hermann Lotze, Adolf Trendelenburg, and two women, Agnes Taubert and Olga Pluemacher, who have been completely forgotten in histories of philosophy. The result is a wide-ranging, original, and surprising new account of German philosophy in the critical period between Hegel and the twentieth century.
Download or read book Pessimism Classic Reprint written by Benjamin Franklin Lacy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pessimism That Pessimism may be offered by some of its devotees as an escape, a refuge, a haven, a salvation will appear to many as very doubt ful. And yet we find it, in that land where life acquires the nature both of a 'dream and a burden, ' put forth in no equivocal terms as an emancipation from life's sufferings. That Pessimism is offered as a solution of existence is less difficult for us to comprehend; still, it may seem to many as highly question able. However, we may best understand certain of Pessimism's forms by regarding it not only as an explanation of existence but as a sincere attempt to solve the riddle of the universe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Candide written by Voltaire Voltaire and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candide by Voltaire from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Do you believe,' said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day, that they have always been liars, cheats, traitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, thieves, scoundrels, gluttons, drunkards, misers, envious, ambitious, bloody-minded, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites, and fools?' Do you believe,' said Martin, 'that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them?” ― Voltaire, Candide Candide is a young man who is raised in wealth to be an optimist but when he is forced to make his own way in the world, his assumptions and outlook are challenged.
Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of John Dewey Illustrated written by John Dewey and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2024-07-20 with total page 5028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most prominent scholars of the first half of the twentieth century, John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. A co-founder of the pragmatism movement, Dewey was also a pioneer in functional psychology, an innovative theorist of democracy and a leader of the progressive movement in education. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Dewey’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dewey’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All the published books, with individual contents tables * Works appear with their original hyperlinked footnotes * Rare texts appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Ordering of texts into chronological order CONTENTS: The Books Psychology (1887) My Pedagogic Creed (1897) The School and Society (1899) Leibniz’s New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding (1902) The Child and the Curriculum (1902) Studies in Logical Theory (1903) Ethics (1908) Moral Principles in Education (1909) How We Think (1910) The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy (1910) Interest and Effort in Education (1913) Schools of To-morrow (1915) Democracy and Education (1916) Essays in Experimental Logic (1916) Reconstruction in Philosophy (1920) Letters from China and Japan (1920) Human Nature and Conduct (1922) Experience and Nature (1925) The Public and Its Problems (1927) Impressions of Soviet Russia and the Revolutionary World (1929) The Quest for Certainty (1929) Individualism Old and New (1931) Philosophy and Civilization (1931) Art as Experience (1934) A Common Faith (1934) Liberalism and Social Action (1935) The Philosophy of the Arts (1938) Experience and Education (1938) Logic, the Theory of Inquiry (1939) Theory of Valuation (1939) Freedom and Culture (1939) Articles in ‘Popular Science Monthly’
Download or read book The Ultimatum of Pessimism an Ethical Study Classic Reprint written by James William Barlow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ultimatum of Pessimism, an Ethical Study Among those who hold that the balance is on the side of happiness, i.e. Is positive, we may distinguish two classes - there are some who hope a still further development of the positive Resultant and there are others who fear its progressive diminution, and, still worse, its ultimate degeneracy, through zero, to the negative side. These might respectively be described by the uncouth but analogical compounds Bono meliorists and Bono-pejorists. (to call a man an Optimo-meliorist would be plainly inadmissible.) Similarly with respect to the maintainers of the negative balance. Some may hope that the evil Resultant will diminish, and, perhaps, passing through zero, may even reach the positive side. Others may dread its still further growth in a downward direction from the neutral line of life. These would of course be Malo-meliorists and Malo-pejorists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Optimism and Pessimism in the Old and New Testaments written by Adolf Guttmacher and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Studies in Pessimism written by Arthur Schopenhauer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies in Pessimism: A Series of Essays Unless seafaring is the direct and immediate object of life, our existence must entirely fail of its aim. It is absurd to look upon the enormous amount Of pain that abounds everywhere in the world, and originates in needs and necessities inseparable from life itself, as serving no purpose at all and the result of mere chance. Each separate misfortune, as it comes, seems, no doubt, to be something exceptional but misfortune in general is the rule. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Cosmic Pessimism written by Eugene Thacker and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We’re doomed.” So begins the work of the philosopher whose unabashed and aphoristic indictments of the human condition have been cropping up recently in popular culture. Today we find ourselves in an increasingly inhospitable world that is, at the same time, starkly indifferent to our species-specific hopes, desires, and disappointments. In the Anthropocene, pessimism is felt everywhere but rarely given its proper place. Though pessimism may be, as Eugene Thacker says, the lowest form of philosophy, it may also contain an enigma central to understanding the horizon of the human. Written in a series of fragments, aphorisms, and prose poems, Thacker’s Cosmic Pessimism explores the varieties of pessimism and its often-conflicted relation to philosophy. “Crying, laughing, sleeping—what other responses are adequate to a life that is so indifferent?”
