The World as Will and Idea, Volume 1
Arthur Schopenhauer · English
The World as Will and Idea, first published in 1818, is Arthur Schopenhauer's principal work.
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The World as Will and Idea, first published in 1818, is Arthur Schopenhauer's principal work. Building on Kant, he argues that the world as we know it is idea, or representation, ordered by the principle of sufficient reason, while its inner nature is will, a blind and ceaseless striving present in all things. This first volume of the three-volume translation by R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp contains the four books of the original work: the world as idea, the objectification of the will, art and the Platonic Ideas, and the assertion and denial of the will to live, with the translators' preface and Schopenhauer's two prefaces.
The World as Will and Idea, Volume 1
Arthur Schopenhauer · English
The World as Will and Idea, first published in 1818, is Arthur Schopenhauer's principal work.
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Translators’ Preface. Preface To The First Edition. Preface To The Second Edition. First Book. The World As Idea. First Aspect. The Idea Subordinated To The Principle Of Sufficient Reason: The Object Of Experience And Science. Second Book. The World As Will. First Aspect. The Objectification Of The Will. Third Book. The World As Idea. Second Aspect. The Idea Independent Of The Principle Of Sufficient Reason: The Platonic Idea: The Object Of Art. Fourth Book. The World As Will.
Pagera Editor's Note
The World as Will and Idea, first published in 1818, is Arthur Schopenhauer's principal work. Building on Kant, he argues that the world as we know it is idea, or representation, ordered by the principle of sufficient reason, while its inner nature is will, a blind and ceaseless striving present in all things. This first volume of the three-volume translation by R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp contains the four books of the original work: the world as idea, the objectification of the will, art and the Platonic Ideas, and the assertion and denial of the will to live, with the translators' preface and Schopenhauer's two prefaces.
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