The Philosophy of Schopenhauer Author:Ed. by Irwin Edman The philosopher of the hopelessness of the human predicament, Schopenhauer is the oracle of the young and the disenchanted. For those who dream of the unattainable and those who attain the sad reality of a dream, the cynical incisiveness of his writings has a singular charm and persuasion. This volume, edited by the foremost authority on Schopen... more »hauer in America, Professor Irwin Edman, includes in essence the masterpiece, 'The World as Will and Idea,' and all of the famous essay, 'The Metaphysics of the Love of the Sexes.'« less