| Summary: | In this paper I am concerned with the theory of society that Schopenhauer presents in his Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit. First, I try to develop the link of these aphorisms with the rest of his philosophy, so I analyze the genesis of eudemonology especially in the posthumous manuscripts of 1826-1830. My next step consists in using the distinction between will and representation as a hermeneutical tool for the interpretation of Schopenhauer’s social theory: in the paragraph about society as representation, I focus on his criticism of honor and its implications for the theory of society and in the paragraph about society as will, I analyse the factors of social coercion and cohesion considered by Schopenhauer. In the conclusion, I highlight the importance of this social theory embedded in Schopenhauer’s eudemonology for his political philosophy.
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