Parerga and Paralipomena
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Parerga and Paralipomena is a collection of philosophical essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer that elaborates and popularizes his pessimistic worldview and metaphysical ideas.
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection → philosophical work → |
| addresses |
human suffering
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illusion of happiness → practical wisdom → |
| author | Arthur Schopenhauer → |
| containsForm |
aphorisms
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essays → |
| contributedTo | popularization of Schopenhauer's philosophy → |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany → |
| elaborates |
Schopenhauer's metaphysics of the will
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Schopenhauer's pessimistic worldview → |
| expandsOn | The World as Will and Representation → |
| firstEditionFormat | two volumes → |
| genre |
aphorisms
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philosophy → |
| hasLatinMeaning |
Parerga and Paralipomena
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surface form: "Paralipomena means "things left over""
Parerga and Paralipomena →
surface form: "Parerga means "supplementary works""
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| hasPart |
Paralipomena
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Parerga → |
| impact | significantly increased Schopenhauer's fame → |
| influenced |
19th-century European literature
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existentialist thinkers → psychological theories of motivation → |
| mainTheme |
aesthetics
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ethics → metaphysics → pessimism → philosophy of psychology → philosophy of religion → |
| notableSection |
Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life
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On Philosophy and Its Method → On Religion → On Women → On the Suffering of the World → |
| originalLanguage | German → |
| philosophicalPosition |
philosophical pessimism
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voluntarism → |
| philosophicalStyle |
aphoristic
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essayistic → |
| placeOfPublication | Berlin → |
| publicationYear | 1851 → |
| publisher | A. W. Hayn → |
| reception |
initially received little attention
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later became widely read → |
| relatedWork | The World as Will and Representation → |
| structure | two volumes → |
| titleLanguage | Latin → |
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this entity surface form: "Parerga means "supplementary works""
this entity surface form: "Paralipomena means "things left over""