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The discovery of the identity of the will and the thing in itself in Schopenhauer is a path that ... more The discovery of the identity of the will and the thing in itself in Schopenhauer is a path that begins with Kant's distinction between appearance (Erscheinung) and the thing in itself (Ding an sich), and leads to moral conclusions about the world and its essence as a continuous form of suffering. Although Schopenhauer's path starts from Kant, he departs from him at an important point and separates his way. By distinguishing between two types of access to our body (external and internal), he attempts to discover the thing in itself, which he calls the will. However, regarding the foundation of the world as the will and equating it with the thing in itself leads to problems in Schopenhauer's philosophy. In this article, I investigate and analyze how Schopenhauer intends to solve Kant's thing in itself problem, and then I demonstrate how his answer to this puzzle creates problems for his philosophy. I also point out two interpretive currents of Schopenhauer's philosophy that attempt to address these problems, and I present a Spinozian reading of Schopenhauer's philosophy, including my own understanding of the thing in itself and the will. Finally, I attempt to solve the problems that arise from Schopenhauer's consideration of the thing in itself as identical with the will.
The discovery of the identity of the will and the thing in itself in Schopenhauer is a path that ... more The discovery of the identity of the will and the thing in itself in Schopenhauer is a path that begins with Kant's distinction between appearance (Erscheinung) and the thing in itself (Ding an sich), and leads to moral conclusions about the world and its essence as a continuous form of suffering. Although Schopenhauer's path starts from Kant, he departs from him at an important point and separates his way. By distinguishing between two types of access to our body (external and internal), he attempts to discover the thing in itself, which he calls the will. However, regarding the foundation of the world as the will and equating it with the thing in itself leads to problems in Schopenhauer's philosophy. In this article, I investigate and analyze how Schopenhauer intends to solve Kant's thing in itself problem, and then I demonstrate how his answer to this puzzle creates problems for his philosophy. I also point out two interpretive currents of Schopenhauer's philosophy that attempt to address these problems, and I present a Spinozian reading of Schopenhauer's philosophy, including my own understanding of the thing in itself and the will. Finally, I attempt to solve the problems that arise from Schopenhauer's consideration of the thing in itself as identical with the will.