Schopenhauer: On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of

Schopenhauer: On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Other Writings (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer) (Volume 4)

This volume of new translations unites three shorter works by Arthur Schopenhauer that expand on themes from his book The World as Will and Representation. In On the Fourfold Root he takes the principle of sufficient reason, which states that nothing is without a reason why it is, and shows how it covers different forms of explanation or ground that previous philosophers have tended to confuse. Schopenhauer regarded this study, which he first wrote as his doctoral dissertation, as an essential preliminary to The World as Will. On Will in Nature examines contemporary scientific findings in search of corroboration of his thesis that processes in nature are all a species of striving towards ends; and On Vision and Colours defends an anti-Newtonian account of colour perception influenced by Goethe's famous colour theory. This is the first English edition to provide extensive editorial notes on the different published versions of these works.

Country	USA
Author	Arthur Schopenhauer
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Schopenhauer Arthur
EAN	9781107559578
Edition	Reprint
Feature	Schopenhauer On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Other Writings Volume 4
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ISBN	110755957X
Label	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
MPN	8 b/w illus.
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NumberOfPages	558
PartNumber	8 b/w illus.
PublicationDate	2015-10-01
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
ReleaseDate	2015-10-01
Studio	Cambridge University Press

Schopenhauer: On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Other Writings (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer) (Volume 4)