Schopenhauer’s Early Manuscripts reveal that the “single thought”, which would be presented in a more systematic way in The World as Will and Representation, already existed in all its complexity before 1814. In the Early Manuscripts the tension between empirical and better consciousness is also understood as a tension present inside the will, as a polarization between the “will-to-live” (or “worst will”) and the “better will”. The final target of the “better consciousness” and the “better will” is the negation of the world, which is to say liberation from the world. In Schopenhauer’s masterpiece, liberation from the world will also involve the negation of both ideas and will. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to investigate the evolution of the concept of “will”, from the Early Manuscripts to the elaboration of the “single thought” as presented in The World.
Arthur Schopenhauer: l’“unico pensiero”
furia valori
2019
Abstract
Schopenhauer’s Early Manuscripts reveal that the “single thought”, which would be presented in a more systematic way in The World as Will and Representation, already existed in all its complexity before 1814. In the Early Manuscripts the tension between empirical and better consciousness is also understood as a tension present inside the will, as a polarization between the “will-to-live” (or “worst will”) and the “better will”. The final target of the “better consciousness” and the “better will” is the negation of the world, which is to say liberation from the world. In Schopenhauer’s masterpiece, liberation from the world will also involve the negation of both ideas and will. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to investigate the evolution of the concept of “will”, from the Early Manuscripts to the elaboration of the “single thought” as presented in The World.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
