Essays and Aphorisms (Penguin Classics)

Schopenhauer Believed That Human Action Is Determined Not By Reason But By 'will', And His Writing Demonstrates His Innovative-and Pessimistic-attitude Towards Human Conduct. On The Suffering Of The World -- On The Vanity Of Existence -- On The Antithesis Of Thing In Itself And Appearance -- On Affirmation And Denial Of The Will To Live -- On The Indestructibility Of Our Essential Being By Death -- On Suicide -- On Women -- On Thinking For Yourself -- On Religion: A Dialogue -- On Philosophy And The Intellect -- On Ethics -- On Law And Politics -- On Aesthetics -- On Psychology --on Religion -- On Books And Writing -- On Various Subjects. Selected And Translated With An Introd. By R. J. Hollingdale. Selections From The Author's Parerga Und Paralipomena. Includes Bibliographical References.