Parerga und Paralipomena: kleine philosophische Schriften (Appendices and Omissions: a small philosophical writing) SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur Philosophy & Religions

The Book That Finally Made Schopenhauer Popular!SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur, Parerga und Paralipomena: kleine philosophische Schriften (Appendices and Omissions: a small philosophical writing). Berlin: A. W. Hayn, 1851. Volume 1: TP + [i] = Inhalt + [iii]-[iv] = Vorwort + half-title + [3]-465 + [466] = Druchfehler; Volume 2: TP + [III]-IV = Inhalt + half-title + [3]-531; Octavo. First Edition.This work, published in an edition of only 750 copies, is a significant supplement to The World as Will and Idea. Parerga und Paralipomena (Greek for "Appendices" and "Omissions") is a collection of later philosophical reflections by Schopenhauer. The selection was compiled not as a summation of or introduction to his philosophy, but rather as supplementary readings for those who had already embraced it although the author did maintain that it would still be comprehensible and of interest to the uninitiated. The collection is divided into two volumes, covering first the parerga (Appendicies) and thereafter the paralipomena (omissions) to that philosophy. The parerga are six extended essays intended as supplementary to the author's thought. The paralipomena, short ruminations divided by topic into thirty-one subheadings, cover material hitherto unaddressed by the philosopher but deemed by him to be complementary to the parerga.As a result of this book, especially the Aphorisms of Wisdom, Schopenhauer finally gained popularity in Germany as a philosopher. The contents include: Fragments on the History of Philosophy, On Academic Philosophy, On Visions and Related Matters, On Logic and Dialectic, On the Philosophy of Science and Nature, On Suicide, On Women, and others. CONDITION: Very good or better in original publisher s cloth Light scuffing and edgewear. Former owner s name neatly inscribed to upper corner of front free endpapers. Light foxing. Overall, a very desirable copy.