’Like a painting restored to its original colours, the Fourfold Root emerges in this lucid rendition as the work of an incisive and disciplined young thinker. Scholarly understanding of Schopenhauer’s philosophy will benefit from this new translation, and the book’s succinct survey of the argument will aid the less experienced reader.’ Dr Christopher Janaway, Birkbeck College, University of London

• Contents: Introduction; A survey of the principal doctrines put forward so far concerning the principle of sufficient reason; Insufficiency of the account given so far and an outline of a new one; On the first class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; On the second class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; On the third class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; On the fourth class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; General remarks and conclusions; General survey with comments on Schopenhauer’s text, by F.C.White; Bibliography; Index.

’Like a painting restored to its original colours, the Fourfold Root emerges in this lucid rendition as the work of an incisive and disciplined young thinker. Scholarly understanding of Schopenhauer’s philosophy will benefit from this new translation, and the book’s succinct survey of the argument will aid the less experienced reader.’ Dr Christopher Janaway, Birkbeck College, University of London

• Contents: Introduction; A survey of the principal doctrines put forward so far concerning the principle of sufficient reason; Insufficiency of the account given so far and an outline of a new one; On the first class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; On the second class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; On the third class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; On the fourth class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; General remarks and conclusions; General survey with comments on Schopenhauer’s text, by F.C.White; Bibliography; Index.

’Like a painting restored to its original colours, the Fourfold Root emerges in this lucid rendition as the work of an incisive and disciplined young thinker. Scholarly understanding of Schopenhauer’s philosophy will benefit from this new translation, and the book’s succinct survey of the argument will aid the less experienced reader.’ Dr Christopher Janaway, Birkbeck College, University of London

• Contents: Introduction; A survey of the principal doctrines put forward so far concerning the principle of sufficient reason; Insufficiency of the account given so far and an outline of a new one; On the first class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; On the second class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; On the third class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; On the fourth class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing it; General remarks and conclusions; General survey with comments on Schopenhauer’s text, by F.C.White; Bibliography; Index.