Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860),
German philosopher. He maintained that the desires and drives of men are
manifestations of a
single will, specifically the will to live. You take Schopenhauer. I
don't know what Schopenhauer was writing about most of the
time.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860),
German philosopher. He maintained that the desires and drives of men, as well as the forces of
nature, are
manifestations of a
single will, specifically the will to live, which is the essence of the
world. Schopenhauer
asserted that since
operation of the will means
constant striving without satisfaction,
life consists of suffering and that only by
controlling the will through the intellect, by suppressing the desire to reproduce, can suffering be diminished. (
Chapter 3, #2)
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860),
German philosopher of pessimism. He maintained that the desires and drives of men, as well as the forces of
nature, are
manifestations of a
single will, specifically the will to live, which is the essence of the
world. Schopenhauer
asserted that since
operation of the will means
constant striving without satisfaction,
life consists of suffering and that only by
controlling the will through the intellect, by suppressing the desire to reproduce, can suffering be diminished. We find Schopenhauer-this interesting
character Schopenhauer saying, 'The only
solution is just to die and
stop all
life and die," and so on.
-Axiom 53 The Axiom of the Stable Datum (23 Aug. 55) Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860),
German philosopher of pessimism. He maintained that the desires and drives of men, as well as the forces of
nature, are
manifestations of a
single will, specifically the will to live, which is the essence of the
world. Schopenhauer
asserted that since
operation of the will means
constant striving without satisfaction,
life consists of suffering and that only by
controlling the will through the intellect, by suppressing the desire to reproduce, can suffering be diminished.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860),
German philosopher. He maintained that the desires and drives of men, as well as the forces of
nature, are
manifestations of a
single will, specifically the will to live, which is the essence of the
world. Schopenhauer
asserted that since
operation of the will means
constant striving without satisfaction,
life consists of suffering and that only by
controlling the will through the intellect, by suppressing the desire to reproduce, can suffering be diminished.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860),
German philosopher who maintained that the desires and drives of men, as well as the forces of
nature, are
manifestations of a
single will, specifically the will to live, which is the essence of the
world. His
philosophy was one of pessimism and could be summed "Defeat it all and die, for only by dying can you defeat it."
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860),
German philosopher who originated the
philosophy of pessimism, stating that the
world was one of unsatisfied wants and of
pain. His most important
work was The
World as Will and Idea, written in 1818.