Schopenhauer: Parerga and Paralipomena: Volume 1
Short Philosophical Essays

A new translation of the popular philosophical essays that made Schopenhauer famous, including his 'Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life'.

Arthur Schopenhauer (Author), Sabine Roehr (Edited and translated by), Christopher Janaway (Edited and translated by)

9781316616420, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 August 2016

522 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.69 kg

With the publication of the Parerga and Paralipomena in 1851, there finally came some measure of the fame that Schopenhauer thought was his due. Described by Schopenhauer himself as 'incomparably more popular than everything up till now', the Parerga is a miscellany of essays addressing themes that complement his work The World as Will and Representation, along with more divergent, speculative pieces. It includes his 'Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life', reflections on fate and clairvoyance, trenchant views on the philosophers and universities of his day, and an enlightening survey of the history of philosophy. The present volume offers a new translation, a substantial introduction explaining the context of the essays, and extensive editorial notes on the different published versions of the work. This readable and scholarly edition will be an essential reference for those studying Schopenhauer, the history of philosophy, and nineteenth-century German philosophy.

General editor's preface
Editorial notes and references
Introduction
Notes on text and translation
Chronology
Bibliography
Parerga and Paralipomena: Volume 1
Preface
Sketch of a history of the doctrine of the Ideal and the Real
Fragments for the history of philosophy
On university philosophy
Transcendent speculation on the apparent deliberateness in the fate of the individual
Essay on spirit-seeing and related issues
Aphorisms on the wisdom of life
Versions of Schopenhauer's text
Glossary of names.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [HPCD], History of Western philosophy [HPC], Literature: history & criticism [DS], Literary essays [DNF]