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Essays and aphorisms

Arthur Schopenhauer (Author), R. J. Hollingdale (Translator)
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
Print Book, English, 2004
Penguin Books, London, 2004
242 pages ; 20 cm.
9780140442274, 0140442278
60367856
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
"This translation first published 1970, reprinted with new chronology and further reading 2004"--Title page verso