‎RUYSSEN (Th.)‎
‎SCHOPENHAUER.‎

‎Parerga und Paralipomena. 2 vols. - [SCHOPENHAUER'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WORK, HIS FINAL MASTERPIECE THAT CATAPULTED HIM INTO FAME]‎

‎Berlin, Hayn, 1851. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two uniform, contemporary - possibly original! - embossed full cloth bindings. Embossed lettering and ornamentation to spine. Spines and borders of boards slightly faded. Spines with repairs. Front free end-paper in vol. 2 with repair. Previous owner's label (Julius Kotrtsch) pasted on to lower margin of title-pages. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to upper margin of title-pages. Verso of last leaf in vol. 2 annotated in pencil. Vol. 1 with light occasinal marginal browspotting. (6), 465, (1) pp." IV, 531 pp. ‎

‎The scarce first edition of Schopenhauer's most influential work, his final masterpiece, which consists in his seminal philosophical reflections. The Parerga and Paralipomena was the first of his works to gain recognition and the work that propelled the then obscure figure into lasting philosophical prominence. Seeing that all of Schopenhauer's previous publications had been complete failures, it was only with great difficulty and reluctance that Hayn of Berlin was pesuaded to print the work, which they then only did in a small printrun of merely 750 copies, which now makes the first edition very difficult to find. The work is is two parts with the first ""parerga""-part consisting in six extended essays intended as supplementary to the author's thought whereas the second ""paralipomena""-part consists in shorter elaborations divided by topic into thirty-one subheadings that cover material hitherto unaddressed by Schopenhauer, but complementary to the ""parerga"". In spite of the poor reception of his earlier works, somehow, the “Parerga and Paralipomena attracted the attention of John Oxenford, a noted observer and translator of German literary culture, who contributed a favourable review of the work in 1852 and in 1853 wrote an article on Schopenhauer's philosophy entitled ""Iconoclasm in German Philosophy"", which, through its German translation in Vossische Zeitung sparked in immediate interest of Schopenhauer's work in Germany and propelled him into philosophical fame. “The effect was dramatic and almost overnight Schopenhauer in his own country passed from obscurity to fame and from then till his death in 1860he basked in the sunshine of belated recognition and eminence.” (Payne, in the Preface to his translation of Parerga and Paralipomena into English, Oxford, 2000p. xii) The work greatly influenced later philosophers, most notably Nietzsche, whose fondness of aphorism is directly inspired by “Parerga and Paralipomena”. “One of the most significant and fascinating works of the great philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860). The Parerga (Volume 1) are six long essays" the Paralipomena (Volume 2) are shorter writings arranged under thirty-one different subject-headings. These works won widespread attention with their publication in 1851, helping to secure lasting international fame for Schopenhauer. Indeed, their intellectual vigor, literary power, and rich diversity are still extraordinary even today.” (Payne).‎

‎""Kan Menneskets frie Villie bevises af dets Selvbevidsthed?"" En med det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers=Selskabs større Guldmedaille belønnet Priis=Afhandling. [In: Det Kongl. Norske Videnskabers=Selskabs Skrifter i det 19de Aarhundrede. 3die Binds 2det... - [SCHOPENHAUER'S FIRST REAL SUCCESS]‎

‎Trondhjem, Tønnes Andreas Høeg, 1840. 4to. Entire volume present. Later very nice brown hcalf w. gilt spine (Anker Kyster). Pp. (1) - 100. Entire volume: (2), 127, (3) pp. With the general title-page for the volume, title-pages and prefaces for the two works contained in the present volume, and the contents-leaf. The other work is: ""Den Constitutionelle Statsform, betragtet i dens Forhold til Samfundets høiere Interesser. Tale holden i det Kongl. Norske Videnskabers=Selskab paa hans Majestæt Kongens Fødselsdag den 26de Januae 1838, af Frederik Moltke Bugge, Selskabets Præses.""‎

‎The scarce first printing of Schopenhauer's ""Prize Essay"", ""On the Freedom of Human Will"", which constitutes one of Schopenhauer's greatest successes, one of the works of which he was the most proud, and the work that was awarded the large gold medal from the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences, being an answer to the proposed question from the Society ""Is it possible to demonstrate human free will from self-consciousness?"". The following year, Schopenhauer wrote his ""On the Foundations of Morality"" (""Über die Grundlage der Moral""), which he sent to the Royal Danish Society of Sciences, but which was not honoured with an award, although it was the only submission to the competition. It is these two works that together constitute his ""Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics"" (""Die Beiden Grundprobleme der Ethik""), which was published in 1941. The title-page and the preface are in Norwegian, but the essay itself is in German, ""partly because a translation would undoubtedly be superfluous, even unwelcome by anyone who possesses enough scientific education to lead the treatise with interest and knowledge, partly because the copies that would be given to the author would probably lack all interest to him, if they were printed in the Norwegian language, and finally partly because the esoteric nature of the contents seem to make it preferable that the treatise, as far as possible, would not be made accessible to others than those, who due to fairly thorough education are able to avoid misunderstandings as well as being able to properly appraise the value of the treatise, with regards to its reality, in general and partially [own translation - Introduction, pp. (2) - (3).].Schopenhauer's work is generally accepted as being one of the most brilliant and elegant treatments of free will and determinism. He clearly and elegantly distinguishes between the freedom of acting and the freedom of willing. His conclusion is that human beings do have the freedom of acting, whereas they do not have the freedom of willing, since they are completely determined by the way that their bodies react to outside stimuli and causes. From the libraries of the two notable collectors Ejnar Christiansen and Esli Dansten.‎

‎Schopenhauer A. The Complete Works of Arthur Schopenhauer: In Four Volumes. In ‎

‎Schopenhauer A. The Complete Works of Arthur Schopenhauer: In Four Volumes. In Russian /Shopengauer A. Polnoe sobranie sochineniy Artura Shopengauera: V chetyrekh tomakh. With Appendix: On the Clear Roots. Translated and edited by Y.I. Eichenwald. Bookshop edition. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb8074d5c0cfa89ead.‎

‎Présences de Schopenhauer‎

‎Coll. "Biblio essai" n° 4143, Paris, Le livre de poche, 1991, in-12, cartonnage souple, couv. photo du philosophe sur fond blanc éd., 320 pp., liste des collaborateurs, sous la direction de Roger-Pol Droit, notes, chronologie des œuvres de Schopenhauer, bibliographie, table des matières, Très bonnes études collectives sur la vie et l'œuvre de Schopenhauer. Pas courant Très bon état ‎

‎Schopenhauer, Arthur. The world as will and representation. In Russian /Shopeng‎

‎Schopenhauer, Arthur. The world as will and representation. In Russian /Shopengauer, Artur. Mir kak volya i predstavlenie. Translation by A. Feth. With a portrait of Schopenhauer. Edition 4: St. Petersburg, 1898. XXVIII, 4, 431 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbe68e2e10a176fe89.‎