Manuscript Remains, Vol 1 by Arthur Schopenhauer
A collection of previously unpublished essays and fragments that develop a sharply pessimistic metaphysics and ethics: human existence is driven by an irrational, ceaseless will whose manifestations produce suffering, and temporary relief is found only in aesthetic contemplation, ascetic renunciation, or compassion. The pieces range from polemical critiques of optimistic and rationalist philosophies to reflections on art, religion, and the influence of Eastern thought, all written in a compact, aphoristic, and often caustic style. Together they clarify and extend the author’s central claims about the primacy of will, the limits of knowledge, and the moral consequences of recognizing life’s inherent striving and pain.
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