Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vi
4. Acknowledgements x
5. A note on texts and terminology xi
6. Abbreviations xiii
7. Introduction: Schopenhauer’s life and times 1
8. Schopenhauer’s idealism 11
9. Empirical knowledge of the world as representation: from natural science to transcendental metaphysics 40
10. Willing and the world as Will 71
11. Suffering, salvation, death, and renunciation of the will to life 108
12. Art and aesthetics of the beautiful and sublime 145
13. Transcendental freedom of Will 180
14. Compassion as the philosophical foundation of morality 203
15. Schopenhauer’s legacy in the philosophy of Nietzsche, Heidegger and the early Wittgenstein 234
16. Notes 265
17. Bibliography and recommended reading 281
18. Index 291