The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism

The volume now before the reader is a tardy addition to a series in which I have endeavoured to present Schopenhauer's minor writings in an adequate form. Its contents are drawn entirely from his posthumous papers. A selection of them was given to the world some three of four years after his death by his friend and literary executor, Julius Frauenstet, who for this and other offices of piety, has received less recognition than he deserves. Arthur Schopenhauer ( 22 February 1788 - 21 Septemb...