在當今**化時代，隨著國門進一步開放，中外交流日漸增多，人們普遍重視英語學習，國人中尤其年輕人中具備閱讀英文原著能力的人越來越多了。在這種形勢下，“英文學術名著”繫列應運而生。編輯者的計劃是，選擇西方哲學、人文學科、社會科學領域的*基本的英文經典原著，分批陸續出版，為有志者提供價廉的版本和閱讀的便利。
《叔本華作品集(精)》為該繫列中的一本。

《叔本華作品集(精)》雖然討論的話題眾多，但裡面貫穿著的基本思想 主線清晰可辨。叔本華這位“語言藝術家”(弗蘭茨·卡夫卡的贊語)的過人 之處就在於把真理裹以最樸素的語言外衣，從而讓真理直接發揮其必然具備 的震撼力。因為深刻，所以樸素；因為樸素，更見深刻。尼采形容閱讀叔本 華的著作猶如抵達了“一處森林高地——在這裡，我們深深地呼吸著清新的 空氣，整個人感覺耳目一新，重又充滿了生機”。《叔本華作品集(精)》裡 代表性的論文隻占叔本華全部哲學著作的一小部分，但這些論文足以讓我們 領略到叔本華這位“不折不扣的天纔”(托爾斯泰語)的思想魅力。

I The Wisdom of Life
1 DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT
2 PERSONALITY, OR WHAT A MAN IS
3 PROPERTY， OR WHAT A MAN HAS
4 POSITION, OR A MAN'S PLACE
4.1 Reputation
4.2 Pride
4.3 Rank
4.4 Honor
4.5 Fame
II Counsels and Maxims
5 GENERAL RULES
6 OUR RELATION TO OURSELVES
7 OUR RELATION TO OTHERS
8 WORLDLY FORTUNE
9 THE AGES OF LIFE
III Religion, a Dialogue, Etc.
10 RELIGION. A DIALOGUE
11 A FEW WORDS ON PANTHEISM
12 ON BOOKS AND READING
13 PHYSIOGNOMY
14 PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
15 THE CHRISTIAN SYSTEM
IV The Art of Literature
16 ON AUTHORSHIP
17 ON STYLE
18 ON THE STUDY OF LATIN
19 ON MEN OF LEARNING
20 ON THINKING FOR ONESELF
21 ON SOME FORMS OF LITERATURE
22 ON CRITICISM
23 ON REPUTATION
24 ON GENIUS
V Studies in Pessimism
25 ON THE SUFFERINGS OF THE WORLD
26 THE VANITY OF EXISTENCE
27 ON SUICIDE
28 IMMORTALITY:A DIALOGUE
29 PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
30 ON EDUCATION
31 OF WOMEN
The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer
32 ON NOISE
33 A FEW PARABLES
VI On Human Nature
34 HUMAN NATURE
35 GOVERNMENT
36 FREE-WILL AND FATALISM
37 CHARACTER
38 MORAL INSTINCT
39 ETHICAL REFLECTIONS
VII The Art of Controversy
40 PRELIMINARY: LOGIC AND DIALECTIC
41 THE BASIS OF ALL DIALECTIC
42 STRATAGEMS
42.1 ON THE COMPARATIVE PLACE OF INTEREST AND BEAUTY IN WORKS OF ART
42.2 PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
42.3 ON THE WISDOM OF LIFE: APHORISMS
42.4 GENIUS AND VIRTUE