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The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3)Arthur Schopenhauer

The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3)

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Original author: Arthur Schopenhauer

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"The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3)" by Arthur Schopenhauer is a philosophical work first published in 1818. Building on Kantian idealism, Schopenhauer argues that the world exists as representation dependent on a perceiving mind, while its inner essence is a blind, unconscious will—the source of all suffering. Through four books, he explores epistemology, ontology, aesthetics, and ethics, proposing that aesthetic experience offers brief escape and only ascetic negation of will brings true redemption.

The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3), by Arthur Schopenhauer. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #40868.

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45 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter XXI: Retrospect and More General View1,163 words
  2. 2.Chapter XXII: (1) Objective View of the Intellect9,252 words
  3. 3.Chapter XXIII: (3)On The Objectification Of The Will In Unconscious Nature5,368 words
  4. 4.Chapter XXIV: On Matter5,835 words
  5. 5.Chapter XXV: Transcendent Considerations Concerning The Will As Thing In4,007 words
  6. 6.Chapter XXVI: (4) On Teleology6,575 words
  7. 7.Chapter XXVII: On Instinct And Mechanical Tendency3,004 words
  8. 8.Chapter XXVIII: (6) Characterisation Of The Will To Live4,544 words
  9. 9.Chapter XXIX: (9) On The Knowledge Of The Ideas1,396 words
  10. 10.Chapter XXX: (10) On The Pure Subject Of Knowledge3,915 words
  11. 11.Chapter XXXI: (11) On Genius9,915 words
  12. 12.Chapter XXXII: (14) On Madness1,688 words
  13. 13.Chapter XXXIII: (17) Isolated Remarks On Natural Beauty796 words
  14. 14.Chapter XXXIV: (18) On The Inner Nature Of Art1,981 words
  15. 15.Chapter XXXV: (19) On The Æsthetics Of Architecture3,587 words
  16. 16.Chapter XXXVI: (20) Isolated Remarks On The Æsthetics Of The Plastic And2,158 words
  17. 17.Chapter XXXVII: (21) On The Æsthetics Of Poetry6,662 words
  18. 18.Chapter XXXVIII: (23) On History3,492 words
  19. 19.Chapter XXXIX: (25) On The Metaphysics Of Music4,703 words
  20. 20.Chapter XL: Preface494 words
  21. 21.Chapter XLI: (27) On Death And Its Relation To The Indestructibility Of Our (1)8,942 words
  22. 22.Chapter XLI: (27) On Death And Its Relation To The Indestructibility Of Our (2)8,955 words
  23. 23.Chapter XLI: (27) On Death And Its Relation To The Indestructibility Of Our (3)2,869 words
  1. 24.Chapter XLII: The Life Of The Species3,017 words
  2. 25.Chapter XLIII: On Heredity5,752 words
  3. 26.Chapter XLIV: The Metaphysics Of The Love Of The Sexes (1)8,564 words
  4. 27.Chapter XLIV: The Metaphysics Of The Love Of The Sexes (2)4,926 words
  5. 28.Chapter XLV: (40) On The Assertion Of The Will To Live1,967 words
  6. 29.Chapter XLVI: (41) On The Vanity And Suffering Of Life6,447 words
  7. 30.Chapter XLVII: (43) On Ethics6,061 words
  8. 31.Chapter XLVIII: (44) On The Doctrine Of The Denial Of The Will To Live (1)8,547 words
  9. 32.Chapter XLVIII: (44) On The Doctrine Of The Denial Of The Will To Live (2)4,664 words
  10. 33.Chapter XLIX: The Way Of Salvation2,577 words
  11. 34.Chapter L: Epiphilosophy2,720 words
  12. 35.Appendix: Abstract113 words
  13. 36.Chapter I314 words
  14. 37.Chapter II554 words
  15. 38.Chapter III207 words
  16. 39.Chapter IV769 words
  17. 40.Section 23: contains a detailed refutation of Kant’s proof of the a53 words
  18. 41.Chapter V511 words
  19. 42.Chapter VI292 words
  20. 43.Chapter VII196 words
  21. 44.Chapter VIII (1)7,634 words
  22. 45.Chapter VIII (2)4,622 words