referring to
Schopenhauer's most important
work, The
World as Will and Idea, written in 1818. In this
work, he maintained that the desires and drives of men are
manifestations of a
single will, specifically the will to live. See also
Schopenhauer in this glossary. Some of the ideas which he had are very
fine ideas-The Will and the Idea.
a
reference to The
World as Will and Idea, the
main work of
German philosopher,
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), which outlined his
philosophy of extreme pessimism. Published in 1819, and written in four volumes, it
states that the drives and desires of
man are
manifestations of a
single will, specifically the will to live. Since
operation of the will means
constant striving without satisfaction,
life is a continual suffering and only by suppressing the desire to reproduce can suffering be diminished.
Schopenhauer believed that
pain was positive and
pleasure was merely an absence of or respite from
pain and the only
hope was to
destroy the will to live.
a book by
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860),
German philosopher. In this
work,
Schopenhauer 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. Since
operation of the will means
constant striving without satisfaction,
life consists of suffering. Only by
controlling the will through the intellect, by suppressing the desire to reproduce, can suffering be diminished.
reference to The
World as Will and Idea (1819), the
principal work of
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860),
German philosopher. The first and third books are concerned with the
world as idea, while the
second and
fourth are concerned with the
world as will. See also
Schopenhauer in this glossary.
referring to
Schopenhauer's most important
work, The
World as Will and Idea, written in 1818. See also
Schopenhauer in this glossary.