This volume collects 12 essays by various contributors on the subject of the importance and influence of Schopenhauer s doctoral dissertation (On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason) for both Schopenhauer s more well-known philosophy and the ongoing discussion of the subject of the principle of sufficient reason. The contributions deal with the historical context of Schopenhauer s reflections, their relationship to (transcendental) idealism, the insights they hold for Schopenhauer s views of consciousness and sensation, and how they illuminate Schopenhauer s theory of...

Nietzsche is undoubtedly one of the most original and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy. With ideas such as the overman, will to power, the eternal recurrence, and perspectivism, Nietzsche challenges us to reconceive how it is that we know and understand the world, and what it means to be a human being. Further, in his works, he not only grapples with previous great philosophers and their ideas, but he also calls into question and redefines what it means to do philosophy. Nietzsche and the Philosophers for the first time sets out to examine explicitly Nietzsche s...