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 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.