Schopenhauer’s prize essays
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Schopenhauer’s prize essays are a pair of philosophical works, including “On the Freedom of the Will,” in which Arthur Schopenhauer examines human freedom, moral responsibility, and the foundations of ethics.
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Target entity: Schopenhauer’s prize essays Context triple: [On the Freedom of the Will, partOf, Schopenhauer’s prize essays]
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Über Begriff und Gegenstand
Über Begriff und Gegenstand is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the distinction between concepts and objects within his logical and semantic framework.
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Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus
Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus is a scholarly journal devoted to research and discussion on German Idealist philosophy and its historical and systematic significance.
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Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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Theses on Feuerbach
Theses on Feuerbach is a brief but influential set of eleven philosophical notes by Karl Marx that critiques Ludwig Feuerbach’s materialism and lays groundwork for Marx’s theory of praxis.
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E.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
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Target entity: Schopenhauer’s prize essays Target entity description: Schopenhauer’s prize essays are a pair of philosophical works, including “On the Freedom of the Will,” in which Arthur Schopenhauer examines human freedom, moral responsibility, and the foundations of ethics.
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A.
Über Begriff und Gegenstand
Über Begriff und Gegenstand is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the distinction between concepts and objects within his logical and semantic framework.
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B.
Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus
Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus is a scholarly journal devoted to research and discussion on German Idealist philosophy and its historical and systematic significance.
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C.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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D.
Theses on Feuerbach
Theses on Feuerbach is a brief but influential set of eleven philosophical notes by Karl Marx that critiques Ludwig Feuerbach’s materialism and lays groundwork for Marx’s theory of praxis.
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E.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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philosophical work collection ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Schopenhauer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | prize for essay on free will ⓘ |
| awardedBy | Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters ⓘ |
| containsWork |
On the Basis of Morality
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On the Freedom of the Will ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
foundation of ethics
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human freedom ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical essay ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
compatibility of character with moral responsibility
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critique of rationalist ethics ⓘ metaphysical basis of morality ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century ethics
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existentialist philosophy ⓘ philosophy of free will ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian ethics
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfPart |
On the Freedom of the Will
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surface form:
Über die Freiheit des menschlichen Willens
Über die Grundlage der Moral ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionExpressed |
denial of absolute free will
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emphasis on intelligible character ⓘ ethics grounded in compassion ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
German philosophy
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pessimism ⓘ post-Kantian philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The World as Will and Representation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
ethics
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free will ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ |
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