Parerga and Paralipomena

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First edition of "Parerga and Paralipomena"

Parerga and Paralipomena (Greek; German for example: "accessories and supplements") by Arthur Schopenhauer , published in two volumes in 1851 ( Parerga and Paralipomena ), is a collection of "small philosophical writings" (subtitles), u. a. in the first volume fragments on the history of philosophy , on university philosophy , experiment on ghost vision and what is connected with it and the aphorisms on wisdom ; the second volume contains extensions to his system, including a. the texts About suicide , About learning and scholarship , About writing and style , About reading and books , About women .

expenditure

  • Arthur Schopenhauer: Parerga and Paralipomena. Small philosophical writings . Second and considerably increased edition, edited by Julius Frauenstädt from the handwritten estate of the author . Hahn, Berlin 1862 ( Google Books ).
  • Arthur Schopenhauer: Complete works in five volumes: Volume IV and V: Parerga and Paralipomena . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1986, ISBN 3-518-28264-6 .

reception

Parerga and Paralipomena was added to the ZEIT library of 100 books .

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