Schopenhauer: 'The World as Will and Representation': Volume 1

A translation of Schopenhauer's major and influential work which contains his entire philosophical system.

Judith Norman (Edited and translated by), Alistair Welchman (Edited and translated by), Christopher Janaway (Edited by)

9781107414778, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 March 2014

696 pages, 6 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm, 0.92 kg

"...This book will be of interest to general readers, undergraduates, graduates, and scholars in the field."
--George L?z?roiu, PhD, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, New York, Analysis and Metaphysics

First published in 1818, The World as Will and Representation contains Schopenhauer's entire philosophy, ranging through epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, aesthetics and philosophy of art, to ethics, the meaning of life and the philosophy of religion, in an attempt to account for the world in all its significant aspects. It gives a unique and influential account of what is and is not of value in existence, the striving and pain of the human condition and the possibility of deliverance from it. This translation of the first volume of what later became a two-volume work reflects the eloquence and power of Schopenhauer's prose and renders philosophical terms accurately and consistently. It offers an introduction, glossary of names and bibliography, and succinct editorial notes, including notes on the revisions of the text which Schopenhauer made in 1844 and 1859.

General editor's preface
Editorial notes and references
Introduction
Notes on text and translation
Chronology
Bibliography
The World as Will and Representation: Volume 1: Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition
First Book. The world as representation, first consideration. Representation subject to the principle of sufficient reason: the object of experience and science
Second Book. The world as will, first consideration. The objectivation of the will
Third Book. The world as representation, second consideration. Representation independent of the principle of sufficient reason: the Platonic Idea: the object of art
Fourth Book. The world as will, second consideration. With the achievement of self-knowledge, affirmation and negation of the will to life
Appendix: critique of the Kantian philosophy
Variants in different editions
Glossary of names
Index.

Subject Areas: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ], Philosophy: aesthetics [HPN], Philosophy of mind [HPM], Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology [HPJ]