Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Representation: Volume 2 (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer)

The purpose of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer is to offer translations of the best modern German editions of Schopenhauer's work in a uniform format for Schopenhauer scholars, together with philosophical introductions and full editorial apparatus. '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. This second volume was added to the work in 1844, and revised in 1859. Its chapters are officially 'supplements' to the first volume, but are indispensable for a proper appreciation of Schopenhauer's thought. Here we have his most mature reflections on many topics, including sex, death, conscious and unconscious desires, and the doctrines of salvation and liberation in Christian and Indian thought. Schopenhauer clarifies the nature of his metaphysics of the will, and synthesizes insights from a broad range of literary, scientific and scholarly sources. This new translation reflects the eloquence and power of Schopenhauer's prose, and renders philosophical terms accurately and consistently. It offers an introduction, glossary of names, bibliography, and succinct editorial notes Copyright Contents General Editor’s Preface Editorial Notes and References Introduction Notes on Text and Translation Chronology Bibliography The World as Will and Representation Vol. 2 Supplements to the First Book On the First Book - First Half: The Doctrine of Intuitive Representation 1 On the Fundamental View of Idealism 2 On the Doctrine of Intuitive Cognition, or Cognition Based in the Understanding 3 Concerning the Senses 4 On Cognition a Priori Second Half: The Doctrine of Abstract Representation, or Thinking 5 On the Intellect in the Absence of Reason 6 On the Doctrine of Abstract or Rational Cognition 7 On the Relation of Intuitive to Abstract Cognition 8 On the Theory of the Comical 9 On Logic in General 10 On the Study of Syllogisms 11 On Rhetoric 12 On the Doctrine of Science 13 On the Doctrine of Method in Mathematics 14 On the Association of Ideas 15 On the Essential Imperfections of the Intellect 16 On the Practical Use of Reason and Stoicism 17 On Humanity’s Metaphysical Need Supplements to the Second Book On the Second Book 18 On the Possibility of Cognizing the Thing in Itself 19 On the Primacy of the Will in Self-consciousness 20 Objectivation of the Will in the Animal Organism 21 Review and More General Consideration 22 Objective View of the Intellect 23 On the Objectivation of the Will in Nature Devoid of Cognition 24 On Matter 25 Transcendent Considerations Concerning the Will as Thing in Itself 26 On Teleology 27 On Instinct and Creative Drive 28 Characterization of the Will to Life Supplements to the Third Book On the Third Book 29 On the Cognition of the Ideas 30 On the Pure Subject of Cognition 31 On Genius 32 On Madness 33 Isolated Remarks Concerning Natural Beauty 34 On the Inner Essence of Art 35 On the Aesthetics of Architecture 36 Isolated Remarks on the Aesthetics of the Visual Arts 37 On the Aesthetics of Literature 38 On History 39 On the Metaphysics of Music Supplements to the Fourth Book On the Fourth Book 40 Preface 41 On Death and its Relation to the Indestructibility of our Essence in Itself 42 Life of the Species 43 The Heritability of Traits 44 Metaphysics of Sexual Love 45 On the Affirmation of the Will to Life 46 On the Nothingness and Suffering of Life 47 On Ethics 48 On the Doctrine of the Negation of the Will to Life 49 The Way to Salvation 50 Epiphilosophy Variants in Different Editions SUPPLEMENTS TO THE FIRST BOOK SUPPLEMENTS TO THE SECOND BOOK SUPPLEMENTS TO THE THIRD BOOK SUPPLEMENTS TO THE FOURTH BOOK Glossary of Names Index The World As Will And Representation: Volume 1: Preface To The First Edition -- Preface To The Second Edition -- Preface To The Third Edition -- First Book: The World As Representation, First Consideration. Representation Subject To The Principle Of Sufficient Reason: The Object Of Experience And Science -- Second Book: The World As Will, First Consideration. The Objectivation Of The Will -- Third Book: The World As Representation, Second Consideration. Representation Independent Of The Principle Of Sufficient Reason: The Platonic Idea: The Object Of Art -- Fourth Book: The World As Will, Second Consideration. With The Achievement Of Self-knowledge, Affirmation And Negation Of The Will To Life -- Appendix: Critique Of The Kantian Philosophy -- Volume 2: Supplements To The First Book: First Half: The Doctrine Of Intuitive Representation ; Second Half: The Doctrine Of Abstract Representation, Or Thinking -- Supplements To The Second Book -- Supplements To The Third Book -- Supplements To The Fourth Book. Arthur Schopenhauer ; Translated And Edited By Judith Norman, Alistair Welchman, Christopher Janaway ; With An Introduction By Christopher Janaway. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Translated From The German. This translation is the first volume of Schopenhauer's major work, which was highly influential on subsequent thinkers including Nietzsche, Freud and Beckett.