Parerga and Paralipomena

Parerga & Paralipomena (Greek, "Appendices & Omissions") is a collection of philosophical reflections by Arthur Schopenhauer published in 1851. The selection was compiled not as a summation of or introduction to Schopenhauer's philosophy, but as augmentary readings for those who'd already embraced it, altho the author maintained it would be comprehensible & of interest to the uninitiated nevertheless. The collection is divided into two volumes, covering 1st the parerga & thereafter the paralipomena to that philosophy. The parerga are six extended essays intended as supplementary to the author's thought. The paralipomena, short ruminations divided by topic into 31 subheadings, cover material hitherto unaddressed by the philosopher but deemed by him to be complementary to the parerga.