The World as Will and Representation — II: Supplements
Fifty chapters revisit the first volume’s four books, extending discussions of knowledge, nature, art, sexuality, death and denial of willing. They develop the system rather than merely repeating it.
Understanding the text
Published twenty-five years after volume I, the collection incorporates scientific reading and observations accumulated during that period.
Key points
- 01
Intellect
Cognition is examined through bodily dependence and its usual service to the interests of willing.
- 02
Species
Sexuality is interpreted through continuation of the species, with gendered generalizations requiring critical scrutiny.
- 03
Death
The distinction between represented individuality and will structures the account of personal disappearance and metaphysical persistence.
How to read it
Connect each supplement with the corresponding book and distinguish new argument, illustration and psychological assertion.
Editions & sources
Summaries and key points are original editorial interpretations. They accompany reading the work and do not replace an edition of the text. Editorial method ↗