The World as Will and Representation
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THE
ENGLISH AND FOREIGN
PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY.
THE
WORLD AS WILL AND IDEA.
BY
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER.
VOLUME I.
FOUR BOOKS.
THE
WORLD AS WILL AND IDEA.
BY
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY
R. B. HALDANE, M.A.
AND
J. KEMP, M.A.
VOL. I.
CONTAINING FOUR BOOKS.
"Ob nicht Natur zuletzt sich doch ergründe?"—Goethe.
SEVENTH EDITION.
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. Ltd
BROADWAY HOUSE, 68–74 CARTER LANE, E.C.
The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved
Printed in Great Britain by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
CONTENTS.
The World as Idea—First Aspect. The Idea Subordinated to the Principle of Sufficient Reason: the Object of Experience and Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The World as Will—First Aspect. The Objectification of the Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The World as Idea—Second Aspect. The Idea Independent of the Principle of Sufficient Reason: the Platonic Idea: the Object of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The World as Will—Second Aspect. After the Attainment of Self-knowledge. Assertion and Denial of the Will to Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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- Translators' Preface
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Supplements to the First Book: First Half
- Supplements to the First Book: Second Half
- Supplements to the Second Book
- Supplements to the Second Book
- Supplements to the Third Book
- Fourth Book: The World as Will Second Aspect
- Supplements to the Fourth Book
- Appendix of Volume I
- Appendix
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