The Art of LiteratureCollection of essays drawn from Schopenhauer's "Parerga" released in 1851 on various topics connected to the Art of Literature. |
Contents
TRANSLATORS PREFACE | 1 |
ON STYLE | 20 |
ON THE STUDY OF LATIN | 42 |
ON THINKING FOR ONESELF | 55 |
ON CRITICISM | 77 |
ON REPUTATION | 92 |
ON GENIUS | 113 |
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amongst ancient appear book-philosopher comes contemporaries Contrarily critical Descartes dull envy error everything everywhere excellent existence expression fact false fame fate Faust feel Fichte Footnote genius give Goethe Goethe's happens head Hegel Hence history of literature honor human human voice ideas immortal insight intel intellect intelligence judgment kind knowledge language Latin Latin language learning literary literature live look man's mankind matter means merely merit mind nature never object opinion ordinary person philosopher phrases physiognomy Plato pleasure poet possess posterity praise produce quintessence rare reader reading recognized remarks republic of letters reputation rule sake Schopenhauer sense sentence similes sions Spanish proverb speak sphere stand style tence things thinker thor tion Translator's Note Tristram Shandy true truth ture Voltaire whole words worth write