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...
Published in: | International journal for philosophy of religion |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2015
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International journal for philosophy of religion
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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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