Philosophy & Ethics

The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3)

by Arthur Schopenhauer

Building on Kantian idealism, Schopenhauer argues that the world exists as representation dependent on a perceiving mind, while its inner essence is a blind, unconscious will—the source of all…

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"The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3)" by Arthur Schopenhauer is a philosophical work first published in 1818. Building on Kantian idealism, Schopenhauer argues that the world exists as representation dependent on a perceiving mind, while its inner essence is a blind, unconscious will—the source of all suffering. Through four books, he explores epistemology, ontology, aesthetics, and ethics, proposing that aesthetic experience offers brief escape and only ascetic negation of will brings true redemption.

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Format
EPUB
Language
English
Length
684 pages
Published
1 January 1818
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN
9781539690429

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