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Essays and aphorisms
- Title
- Essays and aphorisms / selected and translated with an introd. by R.J. Hollingdale.
- Author
- Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.
- Publication
- [Harmondsworth, Eng.] : Penguin Books, [1970]
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- Description
- 237 pages; 18 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- The Penguin classics
- Uniform Title
- Parerga und Paralipomena. Selections. English
- Penguin classics.
- Alternative Title
- Parerga und Paralipomena.
- Subjects
- Note
- Selections from the author's Parerga und paralipomena.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0140442278
- 9780140442274
- LCCN
- 79509016
- OCLC
- ocm00095086
- 95086
- SCSB-5778722
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries