Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism

The Essays here presented form a further selection from Schopenhauer''s Parerga, brought together under a title which is not to be found in the original, and does not claim to apply to every chapter in the volume. The first essay is, in the main, a rendering of the philosopher''s remarks under the heading of Nachträge zur Lehre vom Leiden der Welt, together with certain parts of another section en...