The World as Will and Idea, Volume 3

In this final part to Schopenhauer's momentous and hugely influential work, his original and wide-ranging observations are as lively as ever. Though cast as a 'pessimist' by history, he is anything but that to read-and listen to. Here are the last supplementary comments his original work (published 1818), the fruit of decades of further reflection. These essays-some fairly substantial-include 'On Instinct and Mechanical Tendency', 'On Genius', 'On Madness', 'The Inner Nature of Art', 'The Metaphysics of Music', 'The Metaphysics of Love of the Sexes', and 'The Way of Salvation'.