Robert Wicks is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Robert Wicks' Reader's Guide is impressive in very many ways. It demonstrates a mastery of the Schopenhauer corpus and an ability to explain complex arguments in a clear, insightful and accessible fashion, without oversimplification. I believe that it will become essential reading for students wanting to grasp the rich thought of Schopenhauer's masterwork.

• Acknowledgements \ 1. Context \ 2.  Overview of Themes \ 3.  Reading the Text:  Schopenhauer's Prefaces to WWR, his Critique of the Kantian Philosophy, and The Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason \ 4.  Reading the Text:  Book I, Perceptual vs. Abstract Representations, 1-16 \ 5.  Reading the Text:  Book II, Will as Thing-in-Itself, 17-29 \ 6.  Reading the Text:  Book III, Platonic Ideas, Beauty and Art, 30-52 \ 7.  Reading the Text:  Book IV, Ethics and Asceticism, 53-71 \ 8.  Reception and Influence \ Notes for Further Reading \ Index.

Robert Wicks is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Robert Wicks' Reader's Guide is impressive in very many ways. It demonstrates a mastery of the Schopenhauer corpus and an ability to explain complex arguments in a clear, insightful and accessible fashion, without oversimplification. I believe that it will become essential reading for students wanting to grasp the rich thought of Schopenhauer's masterwork.

• Acknowledgements \ 1. Context \ 2.  Overview of Themes \ 3.  Reading the Text:  Schopenhauer's Prefaces to WWR, his Critique of the Kantian Philosophy, and The Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason \ 4.  Reading the Text:  Book I, Perceptual vs. Abstract Representations, 1-16 \ 5.  Reading the Text:  Book II, Will as Thing-in-Itself, 17-29 \ 6.  Reading the Text:  Book III, Platonic Ideas, Beauty and Art, 30-52 \ 7.  Reading the Text:  Book IV, Ethics and Asceticism, 53-71 \ 8.  Reception and Influence \ Notes for Further Reading \ Index.

Robert Wicks is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Robert Wicks' Reader's Guide is impressive in very many ways. It demonstrates a mastery of the Schopenhauer corpus and an ability to explain complex arguments in a clear, insightful and accessible fashion, without oversimplification. I believe that it will become essential reading for students wanting to grasp the rich thought of Schopenhauer's masterwork.

• Acknowledgements \ 1. Context \ 2.  Overview of Themes \ 3.  Reading the Text:  Schopenhauer's Prefaces to WWR, his Critique of the Kantian Philosophy, and The Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason \ 4.  Reading the Text:  Book I, Perceptual vs. Abstract Representations, 1-16 \ 5.  Reading the Text:  Book II, Will as Thing-in-Itself, 17-29 \ 6.  Reading the Text:  Book III, Platonic Ideas, Beauty and Art, 30-52 \ 7.  Reading the Text:  Book IV, Ethics and Asceticism, 53-71 \ 8.  Reception and Influence \ Notes for Further Reading \ Index.