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Assigned Readings for

Arthur Schopenhauer's

The World as Will and Representation

vol I

For Week One of Schopenhauer

• Skip prefaces and Introductions
  
• Book I: Skip entire book
  
• Book II: Read entire book, i.e., sections 17-29 inclusive (70 pp)
  
• You should probably also get a bit of a start on the readings for week two, since there are only 70pp of reading for this first week, and 92pp for the second week
  

For Week Two of Schopenhauer

• Book III: Read sections 30-40 inclusive (40 pp)
  
• Book IV: Read sections 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 68 & 71. (52 pp)

 

Total pages to read in Schopenhauer: 162, many of them rather challenging