Arthur Schopenhauer

Counsels and Maxims - Being the Second Part of Arthur Schopenhauer's Aphorismen Zur Lebensweisheit

This fascinating book contains the second part of Arthur Schopenhauer's Aphorismen Zur Lebensweisheit, originally published in 1897 and proudly republished here with a new prefatory biography of the author. This scarce antiquarian text has been elected for modern republication due to its historical and educational value ? a veritable must-have for students of philosophy and collectors of Schopenhauer's seminal work. Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 ? 21 September 1860) was a famous German philosopher most famous for his book, The World as Will and Representation (1818). Hailed as one of the most seminal 19th century philosophers, Schopenhauer influenced many great thinkers including Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Richard Wagner, Erwin Schrödinger, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, and many others.