Schopenhauer on Self, World and Morality: Vedantic and Non-Vedantic Perspectives

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This volume is a unique collection of philosophical essays on various aspects of Schopenhauer's understanding of the nature and character of the world through the classical philosophies of the Vedanta and Buddhism and classical and modern thinkers like Bhartṛhari, Tagore, and Wittgenstein. It includes reflective insights about Schopenhauer and the metaphysics of the world, the self, and morality from scholars who have pioneered the philosophical study of the relation between Schopenhauer and Indian schools of thoughts and intellectual history. This insightful volume is a good academic resource for further research in comparative philosophy of Schopenhauer and the Indian tradition. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introducing Schopenhauer’s Philosophy of the World, Self and Morality in the Light of Vedantic and Non-Vedantic Wisdom (Arati Barua)....Pages 1-10 Some Remarks on the Present State of Research on Schopenhauer and Indian Philosophy (Matthias Kossler)....Pages 11-17 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 Self, World, and Morality: Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein, and Vedanta (Ramesh Chandra Pradhan)....Pages 21-33 The Upanishadic Views on Self, World, and Morality: An Assessment with Special Reference to Arthur Schopenhauer (Jayanti Priyadarshini Sahoo)....Pages 35-44 Schopenhauer’s Comments on Morality in the Oupnek’hat Mitri (Martina Kurbel)....Pages 45-55 Front Matter ....Pages 57-57 The Quintessence of the Upanishadic Wisdom and the Solace of Schopenhauer’s Life (Krishna Mani Pathak)....Pages 59-68 Reason, Emotion, and Beyond: Revisiting Schopenhauer, Bhartṛhari, and Abhinavagupta (Ajay Verma)....Pages 69-77 Circumscribing the Meeting of Schopenhauer and the Veda: Gaudapada, Śankara, and Vedanta (Manish Sharma)....Pages 79-91 Front Matter ....Pages 93-93 Compassion and Solidarity in Schopenhauer and the Upanishads (Thomas Regehly)....Pages 95-105 On the “Philosophy of Saintliness”: K.E. Neumann’s German Translations of the Buddha’s Discourses and Schopenhauer’s Philosophy (Stephan Atzert)....Pages 107-118 Front Matter ....Pages 119-119 Schopenhauer and Tagore on the “Vanity of Existence”: A Parallel and Comparative Study (Sitansu Ray)....Pages 121-128 Overcoming Principium Individuationis: Schopenhauer and Tagore (Indu Sarin)....Pages 129-139 Front Matter ....Pages 141-141 Journey from Pessimism to Optimism in Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein, and Buddha’s Philosophy (Bhaskar Bhattacharyya)....Pages 143-151 Will to Live or No-Will to Live? The Points of Convergence of the Thoughts of Schopenhauer, Wittgenstein, and Aurobindo on Living a Meaningful Life (K. C. Pandey)....Pages 153-165 Back Matter ....Pages 167-184