In July 1832, Schopenhauer left Frankfurt for Mannheim but returned in July 1833 to remain there for the rest of his life, except for a few short journeys. He lived alone except for a succession of pet poodles named Atman and Butz. In 1836, he published On the Will in Nature. In 1838, he sent his essay "On the Freedom of the Will" to the contest of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences in 1838 and won the prize in 1839. He sent another essay, "On the Basis of Morality", to the Royal Danish Society of Sciences in 1839, but did not win the (1840) prize despite being the only contestant. The Society was appalled that several distinguished contemporary philosophers were mentioned in a very offensive manner, and claimed that the essay missed the point of the set topic and that the arguments were inadequate. Schopenhauer, who had been very confident that he would win, was enraged by this rejection. He published both essays as The Two Basic Problems of Ethics. The first edition, published September 1840 but with an 1841 date, again failed to draw attention to his philosophy. In the preface to the second edition, in 1860, he was still pouring insults on the Royal Danish Society. Two years later, after some negotiations, he managed to convince his publisher, Brockhaus, to print the second, updated edition of The World as Will and Representation. That book was again mostly ignored and the few reviews were mixed or negative.
in july 1832 schopenhauer left frankfurt for mannheim but returned in july 1833 to remain there for the rest of his life except for a few short journeys he lived alone except for a succession of pet poodles named atman and butz in 1836 he published on the will in nature in 1838 he sent his essay "on the freedom of the will" to the contest of the royal norwegian society of sciences in 1838 and won the prize in 1839 he sent another essay "on the basis of morality" to the royal danish society of sciences in 1839 but did not win the (1840) prize despite being the only contestant the society was appalled that several distinguished contemporary philosophers were mentioned in a very offensive manner and claimed that the essay missed the point of the set topic and that the arguments were inadequate schopenhauer who had been very confident that he would win was enraged by this rejection he published both essays as the two basic problems of ethics the first edition published september 1840 but with an 1841 date again failed to draw attention to his philosophy in the preface to the second edition in 1860 he was still pouring insults on the royal danish society two years later after some negotiations he managed to convince his publisher brockhaus to print the second updated edition of the world as will and representation that book was again mostly ignored and the few reviews were mixed or negative