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Schopenhauer
Evaluates the main features of Schopenhauer's thought, its historical importance, and its relation to modern philosophical preoccupations.
- GenresPhilosophy
315 pages, Paperback
First published April 29, 1971
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Patrick L. Gardiner
9 books10 followersPatrick Lancaster Gardiner was a British academic philosopher, a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
His father was Clive Gardiner, a landscape artist and principal of Goldsmiths College; his mother was Lilian Lancaster, an artist and a pupil of Walter Sickert. His paternal grandfather was Alfred George Gardiner, editor of The Daily News. His younger brother was the architect Stephen Gardiner. He was educated at Westminster School, and then received a First in history from Christ Church, Oxford. After Army service in Italy, North Africa and Austria, he returned to Oxford for a second B.A., in PPE (politics, philosophy and economics).
He was appointed to Wadham College, Oxford (1949), and then St Anthony's College, Oxford (1952). His first published book was The Nature of Historical Explanation in 1952 In 1958 he became a Fellow of Magdalen College, where he remained, becoming an Emeritus Fellow in 1989.
He married Susan Booth (1934–2006) in 1955, and had two daughters.
His father was Clive Gardiner, a landscape artist and principal of Goldsmiths College; his mother was Lilian Lancaster, an artist and a pupil of Walter Sickert. His paternal grandfather was Alfred George Gardiner, editor of The Daily News. His younger brother was the architect Stephen Gardiner. He was educated at Westminster School, and then received a First in history from Christ Church, Oxford. After Army service in Italy, North Africa and Austria, he returned to Oxford for a second B.A., in PPE (politics, philosophy and economics).
He was appointed to Wadham College, Oxford (1949), and then St Anthony's College, Oxford (1952). His first published book was The Nature of Historical Explanation in 1952 In 1958 he became a Fellow of Magdalen College, where he remained, becoming an Emeritus Fellow in 1989.
He married Susan Booth (1934–2006) in 1955, and had two daughters.
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September 9, 2018
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I've been slowly approaching the great master, from John Gray's quite shocking exposition of the philosopher in his Straw Dogs to Irvin Yalom's modern reincarnation of the philosopher as a fictional character in his The Schopenhauer Cure, I picked up Gardiner's intro to Schopenhauer's philosophy because John Gray says his is still the best introduction. Overall, it was good, but not the greatest. His prose is old-school and formal, the kind of longwinded and impeccable sentences only Brits of an old generation can write. A bit on the stuffy side, but on the whole, it was a solid introduction, clear for the most part, sympathetic to the philosopher's views, but also critical. A well-balanced introduction, was my impression. And now, I think I'm finally ready to read the original...
I've been slowly approaching the great master, from John Gray's quite shocking exposition of the philosopher in his Straw Dogs to Irvin Yalom's modern reincarnation of the philosopher as a fictional character in his The Schopenhauer Cure, I picked up Gardiner's intro to Schopenhauer's philosophy because John Gray says his is still the best introduction. Overall, it was good, but not the greatest. His prose is old-school and formal, the kind of longwinded and impeccable sentences only Brits of an old generation can write. A bit on the stuffy side, but on the whole, it was a solid introduction, clear for the most part, sympathetic to the philosopher's views, but also critical. A well-balanced introduction, was my impression. And now, I think I'm finally ready to read the original...
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October 8, 2024Bryan macgee, a british broadcast guy, took gardiner's schoepenhauer book as a re-writ template & did a much "better" job with completed project. Macgee then extensively revised & expanded his own work for second edition.
A non-professional would do MUCH better first teading macgee , & THEN reading gardiner as a shorter, but complete summary of schoepenhauer.
It's amazing how closely macgee followed gardiner's work.
A non-professional would do MUCH better first teading macgee , & THEN reading gardiner as a shorter, but complete summary of schoepenhauer.
It's amazing how closely macgee followed gardiner's work.
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