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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

"The World as Will and Idea" by Arthur Schopenhauer,1818



The world is my idea - this is a truth for every man,

since the world as it is known depends for its character and existence

upon the mind that knows it.

By his understanding man forms the world of phenomena,

and by his reason he achieves harmony in a world of suffering.

The entire world of phenomena,including the human body,

is objectified WILL.

The will is a striving,yearning force which takes various forms

according to its inclinations.

By losing oneself in objects,

by knowing them as they are in themselves,

one comes to know the will as IDEA,as eternal form.

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