Essays and Aphorisms [Revised ed.] 0140442278, 9780140442274

Schopenhauer believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will', and his writings demonstrat

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Essays and Aphorisms [Revised ed.]
0140442278, 9780140442274

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Arthur Schopenhauer
R. J. Hollingdale

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Contents
Introduction
Two Backgrounds
Two Worlds
The World as Will and Idea
The Pessimistic Outlook
An Immovable Mind
Early Life
Sell-discovery
Later Life
Grounds of His Success
Publications
Note on this Selection
ESSAYS
On the Suffering of the World
On the Vanity of Existence
On the Antithesis of Thing in Itself and Appearance
On Affirmation and Denial of the Will to Live
On the Indestructibility of our Essential Being by Death
On Suicide
On Women
On Thinking for Yourself
On Religion: a Dialogue
APHORISMS
On Philosophy and the Intellect
On Ethics
On Law and Politics
On Aesthetics
On Psychology
On Religion
On Books and Writing
On Various Subjects
List of Correspondences
Back Cover

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