A retelling of Arthur Schopenhauer · 1844

The World as Will and Representation, Volume 2

“Schopenhauer's fifty supplementary chapters to his main work, including his famous essays on the primacy of the will, genius, music, death, sexual love and the suffering of life.”

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Contents13 episodes · ~36 min

  1. 1Episode 1: The World in the Head (Supplements to Book 1, Chapters 1–4)🔒
  2. 2Episode 2: Animals, Concepts and Laughter (Chapters 5–8)🔒
  3. 3Episode 3: The Tools of Reason (Chapters 9–16)🔒
  4. 4Episode 4: The Need for Metaphysics (Chapters 17–18)🔒
  5. 5Episode 5: The Primacy of the Will (Supplements to Book 2, Chapter 19)🔒
  6. 6Episode 6: The Body and the Brain (Chapters 20–22)🔒
  7. 7Episode 7: The Will in Nature (Chapters 23–28)🔒
  8. 8Episode 8: Genius and Madness (Supplements to Book 3, Chapters 29–33)🔒
  9. 9Episode 9: The Arts and the Metaphysics of Music (Chapters 34–39)🔒
  10. 10Episode 10: On Death (Supplements to Book 4, Chapters 40–41)🔒
  11. 11Episode 11: The Species and Love (Chapters 42–44)🔒
  12. 12Episode 12: The Vanity and Suffering of Life (Chapters 45–46)🔒
  13. 13Episode 13: The Way of Salvation (Chapters 47–50)🔒