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THE TWO FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF ETHICS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2009

Arthur Schopenhauer
By
Dr. Arthur Schopenhauer
Edited and translated by
Christopher Janaway
Dr. Arthur Schopenhauer
Affiliation:
Member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences
Christopher Janaway
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
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  1. I. On the Freedom of the Human Will, crowned with a prize by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences, at Trondheim, on 26 January 1839.

  2. II. On the Basis of Morals, not crowned with a prize by the Royal Danish Society of Sciences, at Copenhagen, 30 January 1840.

Μεγάλη ἡ ἀλήϑεια καὶ ὑπερισχύει.

[Great is truth, and mighty above all things. – 3 Ezra (I Esdras), 4, 41]

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The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics , pp. 1 - 2
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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