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On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason ( German: Ueber die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde) is an elaboration on the classical principle of sufficient reason, written by German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer as his doctoral dissertation in 1813.
- Arthur Schopenhauer, Eric F.J. Payne, Richard Taylor
- 1813
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- Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
- B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
- English
- Hillebrand, Karl, Mme.
In On the Fourfold Root he takes the principle of sufficient reason, which states that nothing is without a reason why it is, and shows how it covers different forms of explanation or ground that previous philosophers have tended to confuse.
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Sep 1, 2006 · On the fourfold root of the principle of sufficient reason, and On the will in nature; two essays. Translated by Mme. Karl Hillebrand : Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Nov 27, 2022 · This form of our principle I call the principle of the sufficient reason of becoming, because its application in variably pre-supposes a change, the entering upon a new state: consequently a becoming. One of its essential characteristics is this: that the cause always precedes the effect in Time (compare § 47), and this alone gives us the ...
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason began life as Schopenhauer's dissertation. In his dissertation, Schopenhauer begins with a general statement of the principle of sufficient reason: ‘nothing is without a ground for its being rather than not being.’
978-0-521-87271-3 - Arthur Schopenhauer: On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason: On Vision and Colours: On Will in Nature Edited by David E. Cartwright, Edward E. Erdmann and Christopher Janaway
