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    Schopenhauer: Parerga and Paralipomena : Volume 1

    Short Philosophical Essays

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

    ISBN: 9781316616420
    Publication Date: 04/08/2016
    Pages: 522
    Format: Paperback
    Sale price£36.00 GBP

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    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.