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100 1 _aSchopenhauer, Arthur,
_d1788-1860
245 1 4 _aThe Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2004-01-01
505 0 _aOn authorship -- On style -- On the study of Latin -- On men of learning -- On thinking for oneself -- On some forms of literature -- On criticism -- On reputation -- On genius.
508 _aEtext produced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML file produced by David Widger
520 _a"The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature" by Arthur Schopenhauer is a collection of essays written in the early 19th century that explores various aspects of literature and authorship. The work reflects Schopenhauer’s philosophical views on writing, style, and the nature of literature itself, emphasizing the complexities and demands of literary creation and the role of the author in society. At the start of the collection, Schopenhauer categorizes authors based on their motivations, contrasting those who write for the subject's sake with those who do so for profit. He critiques the superficiality often found in contemporary literature, stressing that true originality and insight arise from deep personal reflection and thought rather than mere copying or surface-level reading. Schopenhauer argues that real writing comes from an inner truth, and he warns that many modern writers sacrifice clarity and depth in favor of popularity or the whims of the marketplace, ultimately resulting in a degradation of language and literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLiterature -- Philosophy
700 1 _aSaunders, T. Bailey
_q(Thomas Bailey),
_d1860-1928
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10714
999 _c52167
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