Essential Schopenhauer

<p><strong>We should be grateful to Schopenhauer for managing to express the truth about life so beautifully. -- Alain De Botton author of <em>The Consolations of Philosophy</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>The Essential Schopenhauer </em>delivers the first comprehensive English anthology of the seminal philosopher's writings edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher president of the International Schopenhauer Association. </strong></p><p>This indispensable collection affords readers a uniquely accessible gateway into the monolithic thinker's prodigious body of work. Just as the Harper Perennial Basic Writings series<em> </em>renders the work of Heidegger and Nietzsche accessible for English readers <em>The Essential Schopenhauer</em> gives us unprecedented access to the complex ideas of this profound and influential thinker.</p>