Understanding Schopenhauer through the Prism of Indian Culture (eBook)

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Arati Barua, University of Delhi, India; Michael Gerhard andMatthias Koßler, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany.

Introduction 11
(I) Understanding 17
Philosophizing Under the Influence - Schopenhauer’s Indian Thought 19
The Upanisads - Schopenhauer’s Solace of Life and Death 29
Suspected of Buddhism - S´an.kara, Da¯ra¯s.ekoh and Schopenhauer 41
“The Ancient Rhapsodies of Truth” -Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Max Müller and the Hermeneutics 73
(II) Philosophemes 105
The Overcoming of the Individual in Schopenhauer’s Ethics of Compassion, Illustrated by the Sanskrit Formula of the ‘tat tvam asi’ 107
The Relationship between Will and Intellect in Schopenhauer with Particular Regard to His Use of the Expression “Veil of ma¯ya¯” 119
The Indian Context of Schopenhauer’s ‘Holy Man’ or ‘Beautifu Soul’ 129
All Is Suffering — Reexamining the Logic of ‘Indian Pessimism’ 139
The Denial of the Will-to-Live in Schopenhauer’s World and His Association between Buddhist and Christian Saints 159
(III) Philosophers 195
Transcending Egoism through Moral Praxis - Schopenhauer and Viveka¯nanda 197
Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein and Indian Philosophy: Some Forgotten Linkages 211
(IV) Literature 223
Schopenhauer and Tagore on the Key to Dreamland 225
Bibliography 243
Contributors 255
Author Index 257
Subject Index 261