The nineteenth-century idealist philosopher and precursor of FreudThe World as Will and Idea (1819) holds that all nature, including man, is the expression of an insatiable will to life; that the truest understanding of the world comes through art, and the only lasting good through ascetic renunciation. Unique in western philosophy for his affinity with Eastern thought, Schopenhauer influenced philosophers, writers, and composers including Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Wagner, Tolstoy, Thomas Mann, and Samuel Beckett. The Work presented here appeals not only to the...
The nineteenth-century idealist philosopher and precursor of FreudThe World as Will and Idea (1819) holds that all nature, i...
This is a selection of poems from the successful BBC Radio 4 series of the same name, including works by Auden, Betjeman, Hopkins and MacNeice. The book contains both text and commentary.
This is a selection of poems from the successful BBC Radio 4 series of the same name, including works by Auden, Betjeman, Hopkins and MacNeice. The bo...