On the fourfold root of the principle of sufficient reason, and On the will in nature; two essays. Translated by Mme. Karl Hillebrand

Arthur Schopenhauer, Scarborough - University Of Toronto

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WILLIAM T FEEBOHNS PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY. TWO ESSAYS BY ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER.BELL & CO.CAMBRIDGE : DEIGHTON, co.NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN WHEELER CO.BOMBAY : A. H.ON THE THEFOUEFOLD EOOT OF PEINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT EEASON AND ON THE WILL IN NATURE. TWO ESSAYS BY ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER. TRANSLATED BY MME. KARL HILLEBRAND. REVISED EDITION. LONDON BELL AND SONSGEOEGE 1903AND CO.PRESS : CHARLES WHITTINQHAMCHISWICK LONDON.TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE,TRANSLATOR S PREFACE. x the translation before thetoventuring lay present difficulties ofI am aware of the task,IN mypublic, great to the Author.and indeed can to dohardly hope justice IIn had it not been for the considerations am aboutfact, I never have what hadto state, might publishedprobably undertaken in order to a clearerbeen acquireoriginally rather than with a view toof thesecomprehension essays, publicity. of theThe two treatiseswhichform the contents present have so much for a and cor-volume importance profound itof s thatrect knowledge Schopenhauer philosophy, may whether the translation of his chiefeven be doubted work, Willeund can contributemuch"DieWelt als Vorstellung," of his without the attowards the helpappreciation system " des Satzesvomzureichendenleast ofthe YierfacheWurzel andGrande." himself urgentlySchopenhauer repeatedly Kant sinsists a ofprevious thorough knowledgeupon " as the and of his own Fourfoldbasis, Boot,"philosophy, to his own that toas the system, asserting knowledgekey, condition for abe the right comprehensionindispensable " as I neither the Fourof his So far am aware,meaning. " have as foundfold Root" nor the "Will in Nature yet the interesta translator ; therefore, dawningconsidering swhich has to make itself felt forbegun Schopenhauer fact thatin and in and theAmerica,Englandphilosophy "1 From the fourth edition Julius Frauenstadt. Fourfold Boot,"by in 1878.1875 "Will; Nature," Leipzig,Leipzig,Tl TRANSLATOR S PREFACE. theno more scholar has come forward to docompetent it not seem to that thiswork, may presumptuous suppose toversion be to those who wish acquiremay acceptable a more than of this remarkablesuperficial knowledge whose with German does notthinker, yet acquaintance them to read his works in the original.permit Now some of both thealthough portions Essays pub in the have become anlished volume of coursepresent the theto oftiquated, owing subsequent development while others such forsciences, as, instance,empirical s denunciation of in the cases ofSchopenhauer plagiarism Brandis and Rosas in the of andbeginning Physiology 1 can have no interestfor thereader of the prePathology sent I have nevertheless leftthem as heday, given just them and refrainedfrom all or alteration. Andsuppression " " on the the Will in Nature be less indisif, whole, may for a of our spensable right understanding philosopher " views than the Fourfold a record ofRoot," being merely the confirmations which had been contributed his during lifetime the various branches of Natural Science toby his that the in is the the Seconddoctrine, thing itself will, has nevertheless in its own as much imEssay way quite as the and in a itsFirst, is, sense,portance complement. For both throw on s ofview thethey light Schopenhauer Universe in its double asWilland asaspect Representation, each as it were a resume of the of one ofbeing exposition those for them in one inaspects. volume,My plea uniting of the difference of their contents and the widespite lapse of time which lies between must(seventeen years) them, be, that each and that theirthey other,complete great weight and intrinsic value seem to them out aspoint peculiarly fitted to be introduced to the thinker.English In to the Author s as heendeavouring convey thoughts J " See Will in 9-18 of the 224-234 ofNature," pp. theoriginal j pp. translation.present