...In addition to his large‐scale system of metaphysics, Schopenhauer produced many essays, and it was eventually these that made his name and drew attention to his philosophy. The biggest collection of them is called Parerga and Paralipomena. They are of help in understanding...

... Portinari Pierfrancesco religion pessimism rhetorical figures Desiderius Erasmus Guillaume Budé Johannes Froben epistolography (letter writing) parerga title page woodcuts printing Ambrosius Holbein In Thomas More’s lifetime, five Latin editions of Utopia appeared in quick...

...Most of Heracles’ parerga involve not mythological monsters but murderous humans or demigods famous for torturing and murdering travelers unfortunate enough to pass through their territories. Many of these antagonists, such as Cacus, Antaeus, and Cycnus, displayed their victims...

...This chapter evaluates the intricate texture located in the support structure of Romanticism as well as the change that occurred in recent Wordsworthian criticism. It examines Schopenhauer's statement in his Parerga and Paralipomena. It assesses Liu's challenging book and the point...

... Xenophon Alcestis divinity of H vs status as a hero Lityerses Olympic Games Sisyphus Thanatos Troy Achilles Alcyoneus Alexander the Great Alexander Romance Hebe Olympus Ovid Pallene Geras Lucian Philostrati Seneca Pseudo Sostratus of Boeotia centaurs task quest heroic parerga...