“Essays and Aphorisms” is a collection of philosophical reflections by Arthur Schopenhauer. The selection was compiled not as a summation of or introduction to Schopenhauer's philosophy, but as augmentary readings for those who had already embraced it, although it would be comprehensible and of interest to the uninitiated nevertheless. The collection is divided into seven parts.\ \ \ \ TABLE OF CONTENTS:\ \ Preface\ \ Studies in Pessimism\ \ The Wisdom of Life\ \ On Human Nature\ \ On...
Selected and Translated with an Introduction by R. J. Hollingdale\ Introduction\ Essays\ 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\ Aphorisms\ On Philosophy and the Intellect On Ethics On Law and Politics On Aesthetics On Psychology On Religion On Books and Writing On Various Subjects List of Correspondences