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

By Arthur Schopenhauer

2019-10-09 16:48:06

German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote a strong text to explain his belief system in "The World as Will and Representation." Rather than viewing the world as a construct within itself, Schopenhauer argued that the world exists beyond the five s ... Read more
German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote a strong text to explain his belief system in "The World as Will and Representation." Rather than viewing the world as a construct within itself, Schopenhauer argued that the world exists beyond the five senses. He believed that rather than seeing an object in its true form, we only see and understand our perception of it. His ideas are classified as post-Kantian philosophy, just one strand of thought amidst other thinkers such as Hegel and Heidegger. Less

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File size601.936 KB
Print pages504
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1169891203
Arthur Schopenhauer was born in the city of Danzig (then part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and was a German philosopher best known for his work The World as Wi...

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