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Schopenhauer posits that life is fundamentally characterized by suffering, driven by the "will to life," which he views as a blind, insatiable force that leads to endless desire and dissatisfaction. In contrast, Nietzsche introduces the concept of the " will to power ," which he sees as the fundamental driving force in human beings, emphasizing ...
[1]: 229 Rather than just a variation of Schopenhauer's philosophy, but similar to Von Hartmann's philosophy, Bahnsen's worldview is a synthesis of Schopenhauer with Hegel. But while Von Hartmann attempts to moderate Schopenhauer's pessimism with Hegel's optimistic belief in historical progress, Bahnsen's philosophy excludes any evolution or ...
[2] [4] The following year, Oxenford would write for the journal an article on Schopenhauer's philosophy entitled "Iconoclasm in German Philosophy", which, translated into German and printed in the Vossische Zeitung would spark immediate interest of Schopenhauer's work in Germany and propel the obscure figure to lasting philosophical prominence ...
After this incident, Schopenhauer took the opportunity to demonstrate that Hegel’s writings are, as he says, “a pseudo-philosophy that cripples all mental powers, suffocates real thinking and substitutes by means of the most outrageous use of language the hollowest, the most devoid of sense, the most thoughtless, and, as the outcome confirms, the most stupefying jumble of words”, a claim ...
Schopenhauer’s central proposition is the main idea of his entire philosophy, he states simply as “The world is my representation”. The rest of his work is an elaborate analysis and explanation of this sentence, which begins with his Kantian epistemology, but finds thorough elaboration within his version of the principle of sufficient ...
Caitlyn the dog passed away Sunday after being diagnosed with cancer 10 years after making national headlines for a horrific animal abuse case. Nearly a decade ago, Caitlyn the dog endured cruelty ...
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when David S. Gottesman joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -5.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
When we feel our freedom, we are feeling our inner essence and being, which is a transcendentally free will. The will is free, but only in itself and other than as its appearance in an observer's mind. When it appears in an observer's mind, as the experienced world, the will does not appear free.