Schopenhauer on religious pessimism

Schopenhauer's bifurcation between optimistic and pessimistic religions is made, so I argue here, by means of five criteria: to perceive of existence as punishment, to believe that salvation is not attained through 'works', to preach compassion so as to lead towards ascetics, to manif...

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Published in:International journal for philosophy of religion
Main Author: Auweele, Dennis vanden 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2015
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Further subjects:B philosophy of religion
B Salvation
B Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
B Pessimism
B Schopenhauer
B Compassion
B Religions
B Highest good
B Optimism
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