Arthur Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Presentation: Volume I

PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION BY MATTHIAS KOSSLER vii TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION xiDie Welt ist meine Vorstellung xiiPrinciple of Sufficient Ground and Principium Individuationis xviDer Wille xxviThe Aufhebung of Will xxixThe Text xxxixOther Translations and Main Aims of the Present xlviSelective Notes on the Translation of Some Terms lSelective Bibliography liiAcknowledgments lvi THE WORLD AS WILL AND PRESENTATIONVOLUME ONESchopenhauer's Table of Contents Expanded 3Preface to the First Edition (1818) 9Preface to the Second Edition (1844) 17Preface to the Third Edition (1859) 29 FIRST BOOKThe World as Presentation: First ConsiderationPresentation as Subject to the Principle of SufficientGround: The Object of Experience and Science 31 SECOND BOOKThe World as Will: First ConsiderationThe Objectification of Will 131 THIRD BOOKThe World as Presentation: Second ConsiderationPresentation Independent of the Principle of Sufficient GroundThe Platonic Idea: The Object of Art 211 FOURTH BOOKThe World as Will: Second ConsiderationWith the Achievement of Self-CognizanceAffirmation and Denial of the Will for Life 321 APPENDIXCritique of Kantian Philosophy 480 TRANSLATOR'S APPENDIXDiagrams for Book One 9 619 ENDNOTES 623 INDEX 659