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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Target entity: Parerga and Paralipomena Context triple: [Arthur Schopenhauer, notableWork, Parerga and Paralipomena]
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Xenophon’s Symposium
Xenophon’s Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by the ancient Greek writer Xenophon that portrays a lively banquet conversation exploring love, virtue, and the character of Socrates.
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Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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Against Apion
Against Apion is a polemical work by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that defends Judaism and Jewish history against the criticisms and slanders of Greco-Roman writers.
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Treasury of the Athenians
The Treasury of the Athenians is an ancient marble building at Delphi, erected by Athens to house votive offerings and commemorate its military victories, notably at the Battle of Marathon.
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
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Target entity: Parerga and Paralipomena Target entity description: 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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A.
Xenophon’s Symposium
Xenophon’s Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by the ancient Greek writer Xenophon that portrays a lively banquet conversation exploring love, virtue, and the character of Socrates.
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B.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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C.
Against Apion
Against Apion is a polemical work by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that defends Judaism and Jewish history against the criticisms and slanders of Greco-Roman writers.
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D.
Treasury of the Athenians
The Treasury of the Athenians is an ancient marble building at Delphi, erected by Athens to house votive offerings and commemorate its military victories, notably at the Battle of Marathon.
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E.
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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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
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Paralipomena means "things left over"
Parerga and Paralipomena self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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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