The World as Will and Representation
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The World as Will and Representation is Arthur Schopenhauer’s major philosophical work, presenting a pessimistic metaphysical system that interprets reality as driven by an irrational will and accessible to us through representation.
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Target entity: The World as Will and Representation Context triple: [Arthur Schopenhauer, notableWork, The World as Will and Representation]
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Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences
The Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences is a major systematic work by G. W. F. Hegel that presents his comprehensive account of logic, nature, and spirit within a unified philosophical framework.
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The Gay Science
The Gay Science is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that explores themes such as the death of God, the affirmation of life, and the origins of moral values in a series of aphorisms and poetic reflections.
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phenomenology of spirit
Phenomenology of Spirit is G.W.F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness and self-awareness through a dialectical progression toward absolute knowledge.
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Wissenschaft der Logik
Wissenschaft der Logik is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops his dialectical logic as the core of his idealist system.
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Metaphysics of Morals
Metaphysics of Morals is Immanuel Kant’s major work of practical philosophy that systematically outlines his theory of rights, duties, and ethical obligations in both legal and moral contexts.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: The World as Will and Representation Target entity description: The World as Will and Representation is Arthur Schopenhauer’s major philosophical work, presenting a pessimistic metaphysical system that interprets reality as driven by an irrational will and accessible to us through representation.
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A.
Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences
The Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences is a major systematic work by G. W. F. Hegel that presents his comprehensive account of logic, nature, and spirit within a unified philosophical framework.
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B.
The Gay Science
The Gay Science is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that explores themes such as the death of God, the affirmation of life, and the origins of moral values in a series of aphorisms and poetic reflections.
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C.
phenomenology of spirit
Phenomenology of Spirit is G.W.F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness and self-awareness through a dialectical progression toward absolute knowledge.
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D.
Wissenschaft der Logik
Wissenschaft der Logik is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops his dialectical logic as the core of his idealist system.
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E.
Metaphysics of Morals
Metaphysics of Morals is Immanuel Kant’s major work of practical philosophy that systematically outlines his theory of rights, duties, and ethical obligations in both legal and moral contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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metaphysical treatise ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
representation as appearance
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will as thing-in-itself ⓘ |
| claims |
reality in itself is will
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the world we experience is representation ⓘ |
| continuedIn | Volume 2 of The World as Will and Representation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 1818 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Brockhaus ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Volume 1 of The World as Will and Representation
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Volume 2 of The World as Will and Representation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ Richard Wagner ⓘ Thomas Mann ⓘ existentialism ⓘ literary modernism ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhism
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ Plato ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aesthetics
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ethics ⓘ metaphysics of will ⓘ pessimism ⓘ the world as representation ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The World as Will and Representation
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surface form:
Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung
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| philosophicalTradition |
German idealism
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Schopenhauerian philosophy ⓘ |
| proposes |
art as a way to contemplate ideas beyond will
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asceticism as a denial of the will ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1818 ⓘ |
| secondEditionPublicationYear | 1844 ⓘ |
| structure | four books in the first volume ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
aesthetics
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epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century philosophy ⓘ |
| viewpoint | philosophical pessimism ⓘ |
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Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
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The World as Representation
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The World as Representation
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The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
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The World as Representation
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The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
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Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung