Schopenhauer: 'The World as Will and Representation'
Schopenhauer: 'The World as Will and Representation'
Alistair Welchman, University of Texas, San Antonio
Christopher Janaway, University of Southampton
First published in 1818, The World as Will and Representation contains Schopenhauer's entire philosophy, ranging through epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, aesthetics and philosophy of art, to ethics, the meaning of life and the philosophy of religion, in an attempt to account for the world in all its significant aspects. It gives a unique and influential account of what is and is not of value in existence, the striving and pain of the human condition and the possibility of deliverance from it. This new translation of the first volume of what later became a two-volume work reflects the eloquence and power of Schopenhauer's prose and renders philosophical terms accurately and consistently. It offers an introduction, glossary of names and bibliography, and succinct editorial notes, including notes on the revisions of the text which Schopenhauer made in 1844 and 1859.
- An accurate translation providing the reader with an up-to-date version of the text
- Contains substantial introduction, editorial notes, bibliography, chronology and glossary for aiding those new to the subject and also for highlighting the connections between Schopenhauer and other philosophers and philosophical issues
- Full editorial notes within the text provide a useful resource to higher-level scholars
Reviews & endorsements
"...This book will be of interest to general readers, undergraduates, graduates,
and scholars in the field."
--George Lăzăroiu, PhD, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies in
Humanities and Social Sciences, New York, Analysis and Metaphysics
Product details
June 2014Paperback
9781107414778
696 pages
229 × 152 × 35 mm
0.92kg
6 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- General editor's preface
- Editorial notes and references
- Introduction
- Notes on text and translation
- Chronology
- Bibliography
- The World as Will and Representation: Volume 1: Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- First Book. The world as representation, first consideration. Representation subject to the principle of sufficient reason: the object of experience and science
- Second Book. The world as will, first consideration. The objectivation of the will
- Third Book. The world as representation, second consideration. Representation independent of the principle of sufficient reason: the Platonic Idea: the object of art
- Fourth Book. The world as will, second consideration. With the achievement of self-knowledge, affirmation and negation of the will to life
- Appendix: critique of the Kantian philosophy
- Variants in different editions
- Glossary of names
- Index.
