Arthur Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Presentation

<p>Part of the “Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy,” this first volume of Schopenhauer's <em>The World as Will and Presentation</em> is framed by a pedagogical structure designed to make this important work of philosophy more accessible and meaningful for undergraduates.</p> <p>PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION BY MATTHIAS KOSSLER </p><p>TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION </p><p>Die Welt ist meine Vorstellung </p><p>Principle of Sufficient Ground and Principium Individuationis </p><p>Der Wille </p><p>The Aufhebung of Will </p><p>The Text </p><p>Other Translations and Main Aims of the Present </p><p>Selective Notes on the Translation of Some Terms </p><p>Selective Bibliography </p><p>Acknowledgments </p><p>THE WORLD AS WILL AND PRESENTATION</p><p>VOLUME ONE</p><p>Schopenhauer’s Table of Contents Expanded </p><p>Preface to the First Edition (1818) </p><p>Preface to the Second Edition (1844) </p><p>Preface to the Third Edition (1859) </p><p>FIRST BOOK</p><p>The World as Presentation: First Consideration</p><p>Presentation as Subject to the Principle of Sufficient</p><p>Ground: The Object of Experience and Science </p><p>SECOND BOOK</p><p>The World as Will: First Consideration</p><p>The Objectification of Will </p><p>THIRD BOOK</p><p>The World as Presentation: Second Consideration</p><p>Presentation Independent of the Principle of Sufficient Ground</p><p>The Platonic Idea: The Object of Art </p><p>FOURTH BOOK</p><p>The World as Will: Second Consideration</p><p>With the Achievement of Self-Cognizance</p><p>Affirmation and Denial of the Will for Life </p><p>APPENDIX</p><p>Critique of Kantian Philosophy</p><p>TRANSLATOR’S APPENDIX</p><p>Diagrams for Book One </p><p>ENDNOTES</p><p>INDEX</p>