Arthur Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Presentation

Arthur Schopenhauer

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