The World as Will and Representation, Volume II (1844)

"The World as Will and Representation, Volume II," by Arthur Schopenhauer, expands on his philosophy of the irrational and all-pervading will as the essence of reality, further exploring concepts such as sexual desire as a manifestation of the will, the nature of aesthetic experience, and the possibility of achieving tranquility and escape from suffering through artistic contemplation, asceticism, and ethical living.