Arthur Schopenhauer

"The World as Will and Idea" is the central work of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. Taking the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant as his starting point, Schopenhauer argues that the world we experience around us – the world of objects in space and time and related in causal ways – exists solely as «representation» dependent on a cognizing subject, not as a world that can be considered to exist in itself. Our knowledge of objects is thus knowledge of mere phenomena rather...

"Essays of Schopenhauer" by Arthur Schopenhauer (translated by Sara Hay Goddard Dircks). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...

First published in 1851, “The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims” is a collection of essays by famed German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. He is perhaps best known for his 1818 work “The World as Will and Representation” and developed an enduring reputation for his philosophical pessimism, in contrast to the idealism of Immanuel Kant. Much of Schopenhauer’s work is a reaction to post-Kant German romanticism. In “The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims”, two of Schopenhauer’s well-known...

"The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims" is a collection of essays by famed German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. In this work you will find two collections of essays which include the following: The Wisdom of Life: (Introduction, I. Division of the Subject, II. Personality, or What a Man Is, III. Property, or What a Man Has, IV. Position, or a Man's Place in the Estimation of Others—, Sect. 1. Reputation, Sect. 2. Pride, Sect. 3. Rank, Sect. 4. Honor, Sect. 5. Fame), Counsels...

"The Basis of Morality" by Arthur Schopenhauer (translated by Arthur Broderick Bullock). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) attended the University of Göttingen where he studied metaphysics and psychology. It was here that he first found philosophical inspiration in the works of Plato and Immanuel Kant, two men who would have significant influence on Schopenhauer's work. One of the best known nineteenth-century philosophers, Schopenhauer published «The Basis of Morality» in 1839 as a response to a question posed by the Royal Danish Society of Scientific Studies. The work was...

Dieses eBook: «Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit» ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Die Arbeiten, die Schopenhauer eigentlich erst näher in der Öffentlichkeit bekanntmachten, waren die kleinen philosophischen Schriften, denen er den Titel «Parerga und Paralipomena» gab. Die bei weitem bedeutendste Abhandlung, ja man könnte wohl sagen, den eigentlichen Kernpunkt dieser Schriften, bildet die jener eng zusammengehörigen 6...

Dieses eBook: «Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit» ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Die Arbeiten, die Schopenhauer eigentlich erst näher in der Öffentlichkeit bekanntmachten, waren die kleinen philosophischen Schriften, denen er den Titel «Parerga und Paralipomena» gab. Die bei weitem bedeutendste Abhandlung, ja man könnte wohl sagen, den eigentlichen Kernpunkt dieser Schriften, bildet die jener eng zusammengehörigen 6...