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Schopenhauer: 'The World as Will and Representation': Volume 1

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First published in 1818, The World as Will and Representation presents Schopenhauer's comprehensive philosophy, covering epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, aesthetics, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. The work explores the nature of existence, human suffering, and the possibility of transcendence, offering a profound analysis of value, desire, and reality.

This edition includes a precise translation of the first volume of Schopenhauer's two-volume masterpiece, accompanied by an introduction, glossary, bibliography, and editorial notes addressing the author's revisions.
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This translation is the first volume of Schopenhauer's major work, which was highly influential on subsequent thinkers including Nietzsche, Freud and Beckett.

A translation of Schopenhauer's major and influential work which contains his entire philosophical system.

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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 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.

Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer

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  • Schopenhauer: 'The World as Will and Representation': Volume 1
    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...
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ISBN: 9781107414778

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 March 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Illustration: 6 Line drawings, unspecified

Contributors:

  • Edited by Christopher Janaway
  • Edited and translated by Judith Norman
  • Edited and translated by Alistair Welchman

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 920g

Pages: 696

About the Author

Judith Norman is Professor of Philosophy at Trinity University, Texas. She is co-editor of The New Schelling (2004) with Alistair Welchman. She has also previously translated works by Nietzsche including Beyond Good and Evil (Cambridge University Press, 2002) and The Antichrist, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Alistair Welchman is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is co-editor of The New Schelling (2004), and has also published numerous articles on contemporary European thought. Christopher Janaway is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His previous publications include Self and World in Schopenhauer's Philosophy (1989) and Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (2002). He is editor of The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer (1999) and has edited and translated Schopenhauer: The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (2009).

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