Schopenhauer and the secular foundation of ethics

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378633998

Keywords:

Schopenhauer, Compassione, Laicità

Abstract

With this essay we intend to present the lay foundation of morality by Arthur Schopenhauer, showing how Schopenhauerian moral discourse is articulated and describing the two conditions indicated by the philosopher to reach the negation of the will to live: the ascetic-contemplative genius, reserved to a select few, and that of compassion, open to most men. The predisposition to compassion is individual and innate, like the character from which it originates. However, pitying, where there is a natural inclination remained in potentia, can also be aroused by the experience of one's pain, through a "second and better navigation", the schopenhauerian deuteros plous.

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Author Biography

Fabio Ciracì, Università degli Studi del Salento, Lecce

Professor na Università degli Studi del Salento (Lecce-Itália), Secretário do “Centro interdipartimentale di ricerca su Arthur Schopenhauer e la sua scuola”.

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SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur. Il mondo come volontà e rappresentazione, a cura di Sossio Giametta, testo tedesco a fronte. Milano: Bompiani, 2006.

SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur. La libertà del volere umano, intr. di Cesare Vasoli. Roma-Bari: Laterza, 1994.

SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur. Il fondamento della morale, intr. di Cesare Vasoli, tr. it. di Ervino Pocar. Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2005.

SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur. Parerga e paralipomena, 2 voll., vol. I a cura di Giorgio Colli, vol. II a cura di Mario Carpitella, capp. I-XIV tr. di Mazzino Montinari, capp. XV-XXXI tr. di Eva Amendola Kühn. Milano: Adelphi, 2003.

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Capa Voluntas v.3, ns.1 e 2

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Published

2012-07-01

How to Cite

Ciracì, F. (2012). Schopenhauer and the secular foundation of ethics. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 3(1 e 2), 111–121. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378633998

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Vol. 3 No. 1 e 2 (2012): Estudos sobre Schopenhauer – Eds. 05/06

Section

Schopenhauerian Studies (Continuous Flow)

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