1st Edition
Arthur Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Presentation Volume I
Part of the “Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy,” this first volume of Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Presentation is framed by a pedagogical structure designed to make this important work of philosophy more accessible and meaningful for undergraduates.
PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION BY MATTHIAS KOSSLER
TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION
Die Welt ist meine Vorstellung
Principle of Sufficient Ground and Principium Individuationis
Der Wille
The Aufhebung of Will
The Text
Other Translations and Main Aims of the Present
Selective Notes on the Translation of Some Terms
Selective Bibliography
Acknowledgments
THE WORLD AS WILL AND PRESENTATION
VOLUME ONE
Schopenhauer’s Table of Contents Expanded
Preface to the First Edition (1818)
Preface to the Second Edition (1844)
Preface to the Third Edition (1859)
FIRST BOOK
The World as Presentation: First Consideration
Presentation as Subject to the Principle of Sufficient
Ground: The Object of Experience and Science
SECOND BOOK
The World as Will: First Consideration
The Objectification of Will
THIRD BOOK
The World as Presentation: Second Consideration
Presentation Independent of the Principle of Sufficient Ground
The Platonic Idea: The Object of Art
FOURTH BOOK
The World as Will: Second Consideration
With the Achievement of Self-Cognizance
Affirmation and Denial of the Will for Life
APPENDIX
Critique of Kantian Philosophy
TRANSLATOR’S APPENDIX
Diagrams for Book One
ENDNOTES
INDEX
Biography
Arthur Schopenhauer
