description: The World as Will and Idea holds that all nature, including human, is the expression of an insatiable will to life; that the truest understanding of the world comes through art, &amp; the only lasting good thru ascetic renunciation. Unique in western philosophy for his affinity with Eastern thought, Schopenhauer influenced philosophers, writers &amp; composers including Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Wagner, Tolstoy, Thomas Mann &amp; Beckett.
language: English
title: The World as Will and Idea
titlecomplete: The World as Will and Idea
genres: Metaphysics, Germany, Unfinished, Philosophy, Reference, Psychology, German Literature, Classics, Nonfiction, Humanities
ratings_count: 944
publisher: Ams Pr Inc