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Schopenhauer: On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Other Writings (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer) by Arthur Schopenhauer, David E. Cartwright, Edward E. Erdmann, Christopher Janaway is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Schopenhauer: On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Other Writings (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer) about?

This volume of new translations unites three shorter works by Arthur Schopenhauer that expand on themes from his book The World as Will and Representation. In On the Fourfold Root he takes the principle of sufficient reason, which states that nothing is without a reason why it is, and shows how it covers different forms of explanation or ground that previous philosophers have tended to confuse. Schopenhauer regarded this study, which he first wrote as his doctoral dissertation, as an essential p

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Arthur Schopenhauer, David E. Cartwright, Edward E. Erdmann, Christopher Janaway
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9781107559578
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Philosophy, History, Social History
Updated
2026-03-25

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