Synopses & Reviews
New translation of Schopenhauerâs brilliant and elegant essay on free will and determinism.
Review
"Recommended for large university and public libraries; accessible to general readers, upper-division undergraduates, and above." Choice
Synopsis
This volume offers Schopenhauerâs brilliant and elegant essay on free will and determinism in a previously unpublished translation by Eric F. J. Payne, the leading twentieth-century translator of Schopenhauer into English, together with a historical and philosophical introduction by Günter Zöller.
Table of Contents
1. Definitions; 2. The will before self-consciousness; 3. The will before the consciousness of other things; 4. Predecessors; 5. Conclusion and higher view.