The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3)
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Excerpt:If the intellect were not of a subordinate nature, as the two preceding chapters show, then everything which takes place without it, i.e., without intervention of the idea, such as reproduction, the development and maintenance of the organism, the healing of wounds, the restoration or vicarious supplementing of mutilated parts, the salutary crisis in diseases, the works of the mechanical skill of animals, and the performances of instinct would not be done so infinitely better and more perfectly than what takes place with the assistance of intellect, all conscious and intentional achiev...
Chapters (12)
- Translators' Preface.
- Preface To The First Edition.
- Preface To The Second Edition.
- First Book. The World As Idea.
- First Aspect. The Idea Subordinated To The Principle Of Sufficient Reason: The Object Of Experience And Science.
- Second Book. The World As Will.
- First Aspect. The Objectification Of The Will.
- Third Book. The World As Idea.
- Second Aspect. The Idea Independent Of The Principle Of Sufficient Reason: The Platonic Idea: The Object Of Art.
- Fourth Book. The World As Will.
- Second Aspect. The Assertion And Denial Of The Will To Live, When Self-Consciousness Has Been Attained.
- Footnotes
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