PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION BY MATTHIAS KOSSLER vii

TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION xi

Die Welt ist meine Vorstellung xii

Principle of Sufficient Ground and Principium Individuationis xvi

Der Wille xxvi

The Aufhebung of Will xxix

The Text xxxix

Other Translations and Main Aims of the Present xlvi

Selective Notes on the Translation of Some Terms l

Selective Bibliography lii

Acknowledgments lvi

THE WORLD AS WILL AND PRESENTATION

VOLUME ONE

Schopenhauer’s Table of Contents Expanded 3

Preface to the First Edition (1818) 9

Preface to the Second Edition (1844) 17

Preface to the Third Edition (1859) 29

FIRST BOOK

The World as Presentation: First Consideration

Presentation as Subject to the Principle of Sufficient

Ground: The Object of Experience and Science 31

SECOND BOOK

The World as Will: First Consideration

The Objectification of Will 131

THIRD BOOK

The World as Presentation: Second Consideration

Presentation Independent of the Principle of Sufficient Ground

The Platonic Idea: The Object of Art 211

FOURTH BOOK

The World as Will: Second Consideration

With the Achievement of Self-Cognizance

Affirmation and Denial of the Will for Life 321

APPENDIX

Critique of Kantian Philosophy 480

TRANSLATOR’S APPENDIX

Diagrams for Book One § 9 619

ENDNOTES 623

INDEX 659