Introducción a Schopenhauer

Schopenhauer is the foremost philosopher of the late 19th century. Although it took him almost a lifetime to gain public recognition, since the publication of Parerga y paralipómena his success has not left him. Today he is an indisputable classic of thought and one of the most widely read philosophers. This book reveals the main theses of Schopenhauer's philosophy. It begins with the theory of representation and that of the will, inseparable from one another, which help to understand the whole of nature. That is the realm of pain and suffering against which aesthetic pleasure rises, which acts as a balm to alleviate the miseries of everyday life. And it culminates with a process of liberation thanks to a practical philosophy in which mercy is the basis that Schopenhauer uses to develop his theory of universal love.