The World as Will and Representation
8 hrs. 14 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Arthur Schopenhauer
Author
Arthur Schopenhauer
Narrator
Alexey Artyukov
Narrator
Alexey Artyukov
Description
Schopenhauer’s philosophy—the driving force behind all phenomena in the universe!
Arthur Schopenhauer is a German philosophical irrationalist. Schopenhauer’s teachings, whose main points are set out in the work "The World as Will and Representation" and other writings, are often called a “pessimistic philosophy.” He considered human life meaningless and the existing world “the worst of all possible worlds.”
The world according to Schopenhauer is “an arena strewn with cinders,” through which a person must pass. The driving force of everything is the will to live, which creates desires. But even if desires are satisfied, a person is incapable of feeling happiness; instead, they face satiety and boredom, and then new desires and suffering.
Schopenhauer’s original ideas developed in various areas of social and scientific thought. His views influenced psychoanalysis and the theory of evolution, various directions in philosophy, and the study of language structure.
Arthur Schopenhauer is a German philosophical irrationalist. Schopenhauer’s teachings, whose main points are set out in the work "The World as Will and Representation" and other writings, are often called a “pessimistic philosophy.” He considered human life meaningless and the existing world “the worst of all possible worlds.”
The world according to Schopenhauer is “an arena strewn with cinders,” through which a person must pass. The driving force of everything is the will to live, which creates desires. But even if desires are satisfied, a person is incapable of feeling happiness; instead, they face satiety and boredom, and then new desires and suffering.
Schopenhauer’s original ideas developed in various areas of social and scientific thought. His views influenced psychoanalysis and the theory of evolution, various directions in philosophy, and the study of language structure.
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