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Excerpt from The Wisdom of Schopenhauer: As Revealed in Some of His Principal Writings
IN these pages Schopenhauer speaks for himself. They consist of translations from his works, so arranged as to make the reader in some measure acquainted with his philo Sophy and manner of thought. A volume containing but the sixth part of his writings must needs sacrifice much; and the notable sacrifice that has here been made is in respect of his metaphysics Of Art. To those who would make this a subject of complaint, the translator would humbly reply that only so could an adequate presentation, within moderate compass, of the ethical side of our author's philosophy be duly attained; and that the remainder Of his works lies ready translated, and only awaits publication. The complete works consist of the following Vol. I. (a) The Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufi] cient Reason (b) Vision and Colour; (c) Theoria colorum physiologica (a Latin version of Vision and Colour).1 Vol. II. The World as Will and Presentment, in the Appendix to which is contained a Criticism of the Kantian Philosophy. Vol. III. The Supplements to the W. As W. And P. Vol. IV. (a) The Will in Nature (b) The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (consisting Of two Essays, (1) on the Free dom of the Will, (2) on the Basis of Ethics). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
