
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was one of the greatest writers and German philosophers of the nineteenth century. His work influenced figures as diverse as Wagner, Freud and Nietzsche. Best known as a pessimist, he was one of the few philosophers read and admired by Wittgenstein...


In this comprehensive introduction, Julian Young covers the major aspects of Schopenhauer's philosophy.
He discusses the central areas of Schopenhauer's metaphysics, fundamental to understanding his work as a whole.