The Essays Of Arthur Schopenhauer

Excerpt

The following essays are drawn from the chapters entitled Zur Ethik
and Zur Rechtslehre und Politik which are to be found both in
Schopenhauer’s Parerga and in his posthumous writings.  As in my
previous volumes, so also in this, I have omitted a few passages which
appeared to me to be either antiquated or no longer of any general
interest.  For convenience’ sake I have divided the original chapters
into sections, which I have had to name; and I have also had to invent
a title which should express their real scope.  The reader will find
that it is not so much Ethics and Politics that are here treated,
as human nature itself in various aspects.