Evil, Suffering, and Pessimism: Readings from the Darker Side of Modern Philosophy - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 155481667X ISBN 13 : 9781554816675

Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2026

Synopsis

Is it possible to explain the existence of evil under the supposition of a supremely good creator? Are we ourselves the cause of most of the suffering that befalls us? Is life generally more painful than it is pleasant, and if so is non-existence preferable to existence? Is happiness ever even attainable? These questions occupied some of the best-known philosophers of the 17th to 19th centuries—figures such as G. W. Leibniz, Pierre Bayle, David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Friedrich Nietzsche. These questions were also richly discussed by writers often since excluded from the philosophical canon, such as Ottobah Cugoano, Mary Astell, and Olga Plumacher. For these thinkers, philosophy was not only a fair-weather friend; it was also a companion in storms and in darkness—it was a way of thinking about, thinking through, and contending with the profoundly unsettling. In this unique and provocative anthology, one will find philosophers bending their intellectual efforts to the darker side of life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155481667X
• ISBN 13: 9781554816675
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 306
• Éditeur: Dyck Corey W., Malfara Fabio, Moya Ignacio
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible