Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher, 1788-1860

Works

The Art of Being Right (Eristische Dialektik, c. 1830-1831). Posthumous, published in 1864.
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason (Über die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde, 1813). Doctoral dissertation; revised edition in 1847.
On the Will in Nature (Über den Willen in der Natur, 1836)
On Vision and Colors (Über das Sehn und die Farben, 1816). Based on Goethe's theory of colors.
Parerga and Paralipomena (Parerga und Paralipomena, 1851). Includes the Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life.
The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (Die beiden Grundprobleme der Ethik, 1841). On the freedom of the will and on the basis of morality.
The World as Will and Representation (Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, 1818). Dated 1819; second volume in 1844.