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Episode 114: Schopenhauer: “The World Is Will”

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Essence of Will

The act of will and the movement of the body are not two different things objectively known, which the bond of causality unites. They do not stand in the relation of cause and effect. So to me, it was will was understanding the most essential feature of the world is motion, internal self moving. And he very soon takes us as far as you can take it. Every object, every perception is an objectification of will.

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