THE ART OF LITERATURE
A Series of Essays
BY
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
Vitam impendere vero.—Juvenal
SELECTED AND TRANSLATED
WITH A PREFACE BY
T. BAILEY SAUNDERS, M.A.
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LONDON: SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO., Lim.
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
1897.
First Edition, March 1891: Second Edition, January 1892: Third Edition, March 1897.
CONTENTS.
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Preface | v | |
On Authorship | 1 | |
On Style | 15 | |
On the Study of Latin | 39 | |
On Men of Learning | 47 | |
On Thinking for Oneself | 57 | |
On Some Forms of Literature | 73 | |
On Criticism | 85 | |
On Reputation | 103 | |
On Genius | 127 |
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1. | The Wisdom of Life | A. Schopenhauer. |
2. | Counsels and Maxims | A. Schopenhauer. |
3. | Religion, a Dialogue, etc. | A. Schopenhauer. |
4. | The Art of Literature | A. Schopenhauer. |
5. | Studies in Pessimism | A. Schopenhauer. |
6. | Outlines of the Philosophy of Religion | A. Schopenhauer. |
7. | The Problem of Reality | H. Lotze. |
8. | First Steps in Philosophy | E. B. Bax. |
9. | The Influence of Buddhism on Primitive Christianity | A. Lillie. |
10. | Religion | G. de Molinari. |
11. | The Sexes Compared | E Von Hartmann. |
12. | The Gospel of Buddha | Paul Carus. |
13. | The Art of Controversy | A. Schopenhauer. |
14. | On Human Nature | A. Schopenhauer. |
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