The World as Will and Idea
Translated by R. B. Haldane
Translated by J. Kemp
Trübner, London, 1883, Three volumes, 1883–1886
First written 1819; enlarged 1844
In the public domain
About this text
The first complete English translation of Schopenhauer’s main work: the world as representation and as will, the arts as release from willing, and the ethics of compassion and of the denial of the will, with references to Indian and Buddhist thought.
How to cite
Arthur Schopenhauer. The World as Will and Idea. Translated by R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp. Three volumes, 1883–1886. Trübner, London, 1883.
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