Philosophy of the Unconscious

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book non-fiction book philosophical work

Philosophy of the Unconscious is a 19th-century philosophical work by Eduard von Hartmann that synthesizes ideas from German idealism, Schopenhauer, and early psychology to argue that an unconscious metaphysical principle underlies all reality and human behavior.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
addresses	freedom and determinism ⓘ meaning of history ⓘ problem of suffering ⓘ relationship between consciousness and unconsciousness ⓘ
aimsTo	provide a systematic account of the unconscious in nature and mind ⓘ reconcile pessimism with rational metaphysics ⓘ
author	Eduard von Hartmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralClaim	an unconscious metaphysical principle underlies all reality ⓘ the unconscious underlies human behavior ⓘ
concerns	unconscious basis of aesthetic experience ⓘ unconscious basis of cognition ⓘ unconscious basis of motivation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
genre	philosophy ⓘ
hasConcept	absolute unconscious ⓘ metaphysical will ⓘ teleological development of the world ⓘ unconscious representation ⓘ unconscious will ⓘ
influenced	early psychoanalytic thought ⓘ later theories of the unconscious ⓘ
influencedBy	Arthur Schopenhauer NERFINISHED ⓘ German idealism NERFINISHED ⓘ early psychology ⓘ
mainSubject	German idealism NERFINISHED ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ unconscious ⓘ
notableFor	synthesis of metaphysics, psychology, and ethics ⓘ systematic theory of the unconscious prior to Freud ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
period	19th-century philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	pessimistic evaluation of existence ⓘ teleological view of world process ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	speculative metaphysics ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	German philosophy ⓘ pessimism ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
relatedWork	The World as Will and Representation NERFINISHED ⓘ

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subject surface form: Eduard von Hartmann