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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.
Books by Arthur Schopenhauer
The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life
Schopenhauer cuts through platitudes about happiness to offer a brutally honest philosophy grounded in human nature rather than wishful thinking. His essays on suffering, desire, and meaning remain shockingly relevant to modern anxieties about how to actually live well.
The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism
Schopenhauer refuses comfortable platitudes, instead offering a unflinching examination of suffering, desire, and meaning that explains why so many readers find his pessimism oddly liberating. His essays strip away false hope to build something more durable than mere optimism.
Essays of Schopenhauer
Schopenhauer dismantles the illusions that keep us trapped in suffering, offering a ruthlessly honest philosophy that cuts through self-deception to reveal what actually drives human desire. His essays read like conversations with a brilliant pessimist who's figured out uncomfortable truths about existence that we've been avoiding.
The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3)
Schopenhauer's dense meditation on will and representation presents a pessimistic philosophy that challenges the optimism of his era and invites readers to question whether desire and suffering are inseparable—a dark mirror held up to human existence.
The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, and On the Will in Nature: Two Essays (revised edition)
