Parerga and Paralipomena

E91460

Parerga and Paralipomena is a collection of philosophical essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer that elaborates and popularizes his pessimistic worldview and metaphysical ideas.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book
essay collection
philosophical work
addresses human suffering
illusion of happiness
practical wisdom
author Arthur Schopenhauer
containsForm aphorisms
essays
contributedTo popularization of Schopenhauer's philosophy
countryOfOrigin Germany
elaborates Schopenhauer's metaphysics of the will
Schopenhauer's pessimistic worldview
expandsOn The World as Will and Representation
firstEditionFormat two volumes
genre aphorisms
philosophy
hasLatinMeaning Parerga and Paralipomena self-linksurface differs
surface form: Paralipomena means "things left over"

Parerga and Paralipomena self-linksurface differs
surface form: Parerga means "supplementary works"
hasPart Paralipomena
Parerga
impact significantly increased Schopenhauer's fame
influenced 19th-century European literature
existentialist thinkers
psychological theories of motivation
mainTheme aesthetics
ethics
metaphysics
pessimism
philosophy of psychology
philosophy of religion
notableSection Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life
On Philosophy and Its Method
On Religion
On Women
On the Suffering of the World
originalLanguage German
philosophicalPosition philosophical pessimism
voluntarism
philosophicalStyle aphoristic
essayistic
placeOfPublication Berlin
publicationYear 1851
publisher A. W. Hayn
reception initially received little attention
later became widely read
relatedWork The World as Will and Representation
structure two volumes
titleLanguage Latin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arthur Schopenhauer notableWork Parerga and Paralipomena
On the Will in Nature relatedWork Parerga and Paralipomena
Parerga and Paralipomena hasLatinMeaning Parerga and Paralipomena self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Parerga means "supplementary works"
Parerga and Paralipomena hasLatinMeaning Parerga and Paralipomena self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Paralipomena means "things left over"
Parerga partOf Parerga and Paralipomena
Paralipomena partOf Parerga and Paralipomena
Paralipomena titleSeries Parerga and Paralipomena
On the Suffering of the World collection Parerga and Paralipomena
On Women partOf Parerga and Paralipomena
On Women isSectionOf Parerga and Paralipomena
this entity surface form: Parerga and Paralipomena, Volume 2, Chapter on women (approximate)