The World as Will and Representation
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Statements (102)
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:philosophy
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Arthur_Schopenhauer
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| gptkbp:contains |
ethics
metaphysics aesthetics philosophical arguments philosophical critiques |
| gptkbp:discusses |
gptkb:art
suffering the limits of human understanding nature of reality the role of art the nature of knowledge desire the nature of happiness the concept of the sublime the concept of resignation |
| gptkbp:explores |
human existence
the nature of representation the nature of will |
| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:philosophy
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| gptkbp:has_reception |
widely discussed
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The World as Will and Representation
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| gptkbp:impact |
Western philosophy
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| gptkbp:influence |
gptkb:existentialism
gptkb:psychology idealism phenomenology |
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:existentialism
gptkb:Richard_Wagner gptkb:Sigmund_Freud psychoanalysis Arthur Schopenhauer's later works |
| gptkbp:is_available_in |
digital format
multiple editions print format audiobook format |
| gptkbp:is_considered |
a foundational text in philosophy
a classic of Western philosophy |
| gptkbp:is_criticized_for |
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
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| gptkbp:is_critiqued_by |
Kantian philosophy
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| gptkbp:is_referenced_in |
gptkb:literature
gptkb:Christian_theology gptkb:art_critics gptkb:psychology |
| gptkbp:is_studied_in |
philosophy courses
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| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:German
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| gptkbp:notable_authors |
gptkb:Arthur_Schopenhauer
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| gptkbp:notable_feature |
the nature of reality
aesthetic experience suffering the significance of art will the role of perception the nature of the self pessimism representation the concept of freedom the nature of happiness the nature of existence the nature of truth the role of the individual the importance of compassion the concept of the sublime the importance of ethics the significance of the present moment the relationship between mind and body the importance of self-awareness the role of intuition the concept of reality the significance of the unconscious the role of fate. the concept of the absurd the limits of human knowledge the concept of the eternal the role of suffering in life art as escape the critique of optimism the will to live the significance of the will metaphysics of the will the concept of the thing-in-itself the concept of the will to power the relationship between desire and suffering the relationship between existence and essence the relationship between will and action the relationship between will and representation the significance of desire the world as representation |
| gptkbp:part_of |
Schopenhauer's philosophy
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| gptkbp:published |
1818
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| gptkbp:published_in |
two volumes
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| gptkbp:related_works |
gptkb:Parerga_and_Paralipomena
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason |
| gptkbp:theme |
will
representation |
| gptkbp:title |
gptkb:Die_Welt_als_Wille_und_Vorstellung
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| gptkbp:translated_into |
1883
English |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Arthur_Schopenhauer
gptkb:Schopenhauer |
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5
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