Young Schopenhauer: The Origin of the Metaphysics of Will and its Aporias

It is divided into four parts. The first part concerns the pietistic education of the young Schopenhauer and his meeting with philosophy through the courses of G.E. Schulze and the study of Plato, Schelling and Kant. Oppressed by the "negative" results of Kant's criticism (unknowability of the thing in itself), the young Schopenhauer first confronts himself with Fichte and Schelling (second part of the ...