An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy, ch. 19

Three 19th Century Philosophers are addressed in this chapter. Schopenhauer is the first as Kenny considers the concept of "the word is my idea". Idea, meaning a concrete intuitive experience. The concept is developed to suggest that nothing happens outside of will and that will is wanting and therefore suffering. Kierkegaard offers a blend of philosophy and psychology, particularly as it pertains to the stadia of life: aesthetic, ethical and religious. Though viewed as the Father of Existentialism, Kierkegaard was a Christian. Nietzsche takes a negative view of Kierkegaard's conclusions viewing all as the 'will to power' and the death of morality which is embodied in his statement about the death of God.