Essays and aphorisms

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Schopenhauer believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will', and his writing demonstrates his innovative-and pessimistic-attitude towards human conduct.

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Full title :Essays and aphorisms / selected and translated with an introduction by R.J. Hollingdale.

Summary

Schopenhauer believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will', and his writing demonstrates his innovative-and pessimistic-attitude towards human conduct.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1970

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Books
Place of Publication:Harmondsworth, Eng
Language:eng
Publication Date:1970

Notes

Selections from the author's Parerga und paralipomena.

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Description:237 pages : 18 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0140442278, 9780140442274
oclc:ocm00095086
LC Classification:B3118.E5
Dewey Decimal:193

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 -- On philosophy and the intellect -- On ethics -- On law and politics -- On aesthetics -- On psychology --On religion -- On books and writing -- On various subjects.

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Aphorisms and apothegms LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays Philosophie allemande Philosophy PHILOSOPHY -- Essays PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers Philosophy and religion Philosophy, German Schopenhauer, Arthur