Volume 1 of the definitive English translation of one of the most important philosophical works of the 19th century, the basic statement in one important stream of post-Kantian thought. Corrects nearly 1,000 errors and omissions in the older Haldane-Kemp translation. For the first time, this edition translates and locates all quotes and provides full index.
A leading German metaphysician of the 19th century, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) exerted an influence far beyond the hermetic world of philosophy, with adherents ranging from Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche to Leo Tolstoy and Thomas Mann.
Volume IFirst Book: The World as Representation. First AspectSecond Book: The World as Will. First AspectThird Book: The World as Representation. Second AspectFourth Book: The World as Will: Second AspectAppendix: Criticism of the Kantian Philosophy