Essays of Schopenhauer

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Essays of Schopenhauer, by Arthur SchopenhauerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Essays of SchopenhauerAuthor: Arthur SchopenhauerRelease Date: April 7, 2004 [EBook #11945]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ESSAYS OF SCHOPENHAUER ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland and PG Distributed ProofreadersESSAYS OF SCHOPENHAUER:TRANSLATED BY MRS. RUDOLF DIRCKS.WITH AN INTRODUCTION.CONTENTSON AUTHORSHIP AND STYLE ON NOISE ON EDUCATION ON READING AND BOOKS THE EMPTINESS OFEXISTENCE ON WOMEN THINKING FOR ONESELF SHORT DIALOGUE ON THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OFOUR TRUE BEING BY DEATH RELIGION—A DIALOGUE PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS METAPHYSICSOF LOVE PHYSIOGNOMY ON SUICIDEPRELIMINARY.When Schopenhauer was asked where he wished to be buried, he answered, "Anywhere; they will find me;" and thestone that marks his grave at Frankfort bears merely the inscription "Arthur Schopenhauer," without even the date of hisbirth or death. Schopenhauer, the pessimist, had a sufficiently optimistic conviction that his message to the world wouldultimately be listened to—a conviction that never failed him during a lifetime of disappointments, of neglect in quarterswhere perhaps he would have most cherished appreciation; a ...