
Episode 114: Schopenhauer: “The World Is Will”
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Perception of Reality
The world is representation though, you mean? I don't want to get as confused between platonic ideas and representations. The liberal voxel version that I listened to actually interprets representation in the paper copy I have as idea with a small eye throughout. But why would there be a distinction between perceiving and non-perceiving entities if there's no difference between them in terms of being objects of will? All are manifestations of striving and they all react to things as object ifications of will. Why would there be any peculiar distinction of perception? To the extent that they react, they are perceived.
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