Excerpt from Essays of Schopenhauer: Translated When Schopenhauer was asked where he wished to be buried, he answered, Anywhere; they will find me; and the stone that marks his grave at Frankfort bears merely the inscription Arthur Schopenhauer, without even the date Of his birth or death. Schopenhauer, the pessimist, had a sufficiently Optimistic conviction that his message to the world would ultimately be listened to - a con viction that never failed him during a lifetime Of disappointments, of neglect in quarters where perhaps he would have most cherished appreciation; a con viction that only showed some signs of being justified a few years before his death. Schopenhauer was no opportunist; he was not even conciliatory; he never hesitated to declare his own faith in himself, in his principles, in his philosophy; he did not ask to be listened to as a matter of courtesy but as a right a right for which he would struggle, for which he fought, and which has in the course of time, it may be admitted, been conceded to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.