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Pessimism : philosophy, ethic, spirit / Joshua Foa Dienstag.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.Description: xix, 293 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 069112552X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780691125527 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780691141121
  • 0691141126
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 149/.6
LOC classification:
  • B 829 D562p 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
The anatomy of pessimism -- "A philosophy that is grievous but true": cultural pessimism in Rousseau and Leopardi -- "The evils of the world honestly admitted": metaphysical pessimism in Schopenhauer and Freud -- "Consciousness is a disease": existential pessimism in Camus, Unamuno, and Cioran -- Nietzsche's Dionysian pessimism -- Cervantes as educator: Don Quixote and the practice of pessimism -- Aphorisms and pessimisms -- Pessimism and freedom (the pessimist speaks).
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) B 829 D562p 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000077247

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-282) and index.

The anatomy of pessimism -- "A philosophy that is grievous but true": cultural pessimism in Rousseau and Leopardi -- "The evils of the world honestly admitted": metaphysical pessimism in Schopenhauer and Freud -- "Consciousness is a disease": existential pessimism in Camus, Unamuno, and Cioran -- Nietzsche's Dionysian pessimism -- Cervantes as educator: Don Quixote and the practice of pessimism -- Aphorisms and pessimisms -- Pessimism and freedom (the pessimist speaks).

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