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THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION

by Arthur Schopenhauer
Translated from the German by E.F.J. Payne
In Two Volumes
© 1969 Dover Publications, Inc.
© 1958 by The Falcon's Wing Press

Table of Contents

• Translator's Introduction
• Preface to the First Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Selected Bibliography
• Volume 1
  • First Book: The World as Representation. First Aspect
  • Second Book: The World as Will. First Aspect
  • Third Book: The World as Representation. Second Aspect
  • Fourth Book: The World as Will: Second Aspect
  • Appendix: Criticism of the Kantian Philosophy

Table of Contents

• Volume 2
  • Supplements to the First Book
  • First Half: The Doctrine of the Representation of Perception
    • I. On the Fundamental View of Idealism
    • II. On the Doctrine of Knowledge of Perception or Knowledge of the Understanding
    • III. On the Senses
    • IV. On Knowledge a Priori
  • Second Half: The Doctrine of the Abstract Representation or of Thinking
    • V. On the Intellect Devoid of Reason
    • VI. On the Doctrine of Abstract Knowledge, or Knowledge of Reason
    • VII. On the Relation of Knowledge of Perception to Abstract Knowledge
    • VIII. On the Theory of the Ludicrous
    • IX. On Logic in General
    • X. On the Science of Syllogisms
    • XI. On Rhetoric
    • XII. On the Doctrine of Science
    • XIII. On the Methods of Mathematics
    • XIV. On the Association of Ideas
    • XV. On the Essential Imperfections of the Intellect
    • XVI. On the Practical Use of Our Reason and on Stoicism
    • XVII. On Man's Need for Metaphysics
  • Supplements to the Second Book
    • XVIII. On the Possibility of Knowing the Thing-in-Itself
    • XIX. On the Primacy of the Will in Self-Consciousness
    • XX. Objectification of the Will in the Animal Organism
    • XXI. Retrospect and More General Consideration
    • XXII. Objective View of the Intellect
    • XXIII. On the Objectification of the Will in Nature without Knowledge
    • XXIV. On Matter
    • XXV. Transcendent Considerations on the Will as Thing-in-Itself
    • XXVI. On Teleology
    • XXVII. On Instinct and Mechanical Tendency
    • XXVIII. Characterization of the Will-to-Live
  • Supplements to the Third Book
    • XXIX. On Knowledge of the Ideas
    • XXX. On the Pure Subject of Knowing
    • XXXI. On Genius
    • XXXII. On Madness
    • XXXIII. Isolated Remarks on Natural Beauty
    • XXXIV. On the Inner Nature of Art
    • XXXV. On the Aesthetics of Architecture
    • XXXVI. Isolated Remarks on the Aesthetics of the Plastic and Pictorial Arts
    • XXXVII. On the Aesthetics of Poetry
    • XXXVIII. On History
    • XXXIX. On the Metaphysics of Music
  • Supplements to the Fourth Book
    • XL. Preface
    • XLI. On Death and Its Relation to the Indestructibility of Our Inner Nature
    • XLII. Life of the Species
    • XLIII. The Hereditary Nature of Qualities
    • XLIV. The Metaphysics of Sexual Love
    • Appendix to the Preceding Chapter
    • XLV. On the Affirmation of the Will-to-Live
    • XLVI. On the Vanity and Suffering of Life
    • XLVII. On Ethics
    • XLVIII. On the Doctrine of the Denial of the Will-to-Live
    • XLIX. The Road to Salvation
    • L. Epiphilosophy
  • Index