The World as Will and Representation, sometimes translated as The World as Will and Idea, is the central work of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. The first edition was published in late 181
The title page of the expanded 1844 edition
Schopenhauer in 1815, second of the critical five years of the initial composition of Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung
The phrase "Tat Tvam Asi" ('thou art that'), one of the Mahāvākyas of the Upanishads, displayed on an Indian temple. Schopenhauer uses this Sanskrit phrase to express a foundational tenet of his ethics: 'the will is the in-itself of every appearance, and as such is itself free from the form of appearance, and thus from all multiplicity' (Book IV, §66).
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Arthur Schopenhauer, also known as the “Philosopher of Pessimism”, was a German philosopher and writer. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation, which characterizes the phen
The World as Will and Representation
…WWR; German: Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung), sometimes translated as The World as Will and Idea, is the central work of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. The first edition was published in late 1818, with the date 1819 on the title page. A second, two-volume edition appeared in 1844: volume one was an…
Schopenhauer in 1859
Schopenhauer's birthplace house, Ul. Św. Ducha (formerly Heiliggeistgasse), Gdańsk
Schopenhauer in his youth