Schopenhauer: Parerga and Paralipomena: Volume 2: Short Philosophical Essays (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer) by Arthur Schopenhauer (PDF)

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With the publication of Parerga and Paralipomena in 1851, there finally came some measure of the fame that Schopenhauer thought was his due. Described by Schopenhauer himself as ‘incomparably more popular than everything up till now’, Parerga is a miscellany of essays addressing themes that complement his work The World as Will and Representation, along with more divergent, speculative pieces. It includes essays on method, logic, the intellect, Kant, pantheism, natural science, religion, education, and language. The present volume offers a new translation, a substantial introduction explaining the context of the essays, and extensive editorial notes on the different published versions of the work. This readable and scholarly edition will be an essential reference for those studying Schopenhauer, the history of philosophy, and nineteenth-century German philosophy.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “This latest installment in the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer is a very welcome appearance for the English-speaking scholarly world.” Dennis Vanden Auweele, Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger Book Description A new translation of the popular philosophical essays that made Schopenhauer famous, including essays on a diverse range of topics. About the Author Adrian Del Caro is Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Head of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Tennessee. He has published many books, including The Early Poetry of Paul Celan: In the Beginning Was the Word (1997) and Grounding the Nietzsche Rhetoric of Earth (2004). He has published numerous articles in journals including Journal of the History of Ideas, Philosophy and Literature, and German Studies Review. His translations include poetry for The German Mind of the Nineteenth Century (edited by Hermann Glaser, 1981) and The Gay Science (edited by Bernard Williams, Cambridge, 2001).Christopher Janaway is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His most recent books include Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (2002) and Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche’s Genealogy (2007). His most recently edited collections include The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer (Cambridge, 2000) and Better Consciousness: Schopenhauer’s Philosophy of Value (co-edited with Alex Neill, 2009). He is General Editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer series, for which he has translated The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (Cambridge, 2009) and co-translated three other volumes. Read more

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⭐This is a wonderful translation, but save yourself the money and purchase the electronic copy. As of September, 2021 the pricey (>$100) hardcover is a cheap print-on-demand copy. I would love to have this in a proper binding if I can find one of the earlier printings. For now I’ll be returning this and enjoying this translation on my e-reader.

⭐The years of accumulated wisdom from a pessimistic philosopher spill on every page of this wonderful work of art.

⭐This new translation of Schopenhauer’s Parerga and Paralipomena is scholarly and much anticipated, since the only other translation is outdated.

⭐Varying quality to the wide ranging essays. The hardcover edition is physically well put together.

⭐a most excellent work.

⭐A collection of miscellaneous essays on all manner of interesting subjects written with the ever brilliant writing of a very wise man. Volume one and two are both worth reading. The new translation from Cambridge Press by Janaway, improving on Payne’s well-known translation but only regarding some specific terms is very good.. I like Payne’s translations a lot. But this is well done. The production value is very good. Good, attractive cover, a good size font and style, easy to read, high quailty paper. A must in my book.

⭐Still as good as the others in the series, but as another reviewer says, the materials used here feel quite cheaper, but the price pretty much stayed the same. I don’t quite understand this decision.Otherwise the translation is still the best (in my opinion) you can get in English out here.

⭐Livro excelente. Referência fundamental do pensamento humano.

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