Voluntarism & Subjective Idealism

Of A. Schopenhauer

George M Cummins IV

A brief Overview

Representation – World, first aspect

The world is my representation, and the world is my (same way all-throughout), my will. Because of conscious reflection of ‘vernunft’ (reasoning), only human then can bring it to his understanding, for: 1) A) Representation is determined by causality in indefinite B) space and force of in the change (time) in human consciousness. Such is one major 2) & only category we all are uniting existence of thing itself which never can be fully understood. We do not know the idea itself, which is the pure will which forms the presentation, but we feel it by an acceptance, already by its development in the time and space (matter then is presupposed by the subject), as an intuitive conditions for imagination of the matter itself, infinite experience1.

Only the only subject knows an object, not opposite, and he is never to be completely comprehended by an object.

Intuitive and abstract in knowing (or recognizing of the acceptance) as representation and the inner idea, an abstracted view. The fact that time and space is independent upon matter, which cannot exist without the subject carrying the causal condition of its comprehension as regards to the matter, proves that time and space are inevitably necessary for the creation of a concept; the ideal-matter, the Idea, which is subjective.

Time and space gives each other meaning, causality unites the space and time. Change (space) and permanence in duration, figuring as time; when, knowledge cannot bring causality itself.

Will – The World, second aspect

Development by considering via 'objectification of the will' as a result in the representation (intuitive reflection, searching for absolute essence of the framed Idea) of reality & its later manifestation upon us. It can be seen perhaps causality then, as the only category, because of its absolute necessity as a law in plurality. (Ockham's Razor principle2.) - Schopenhauer can be fascinating, in his outlook is just about everywhere; applied as an universal algorithm upon what of putting Ideas into such a simple, elegant and just beautiful system of world seemed as one way, Representation, and the other, pure Will.

Second aspect of the world as Will, is will to live, an unattainable mere deception of possibility to be recognizer, but also never-to be comprehended fully, the essence and absolute framed nature of the thing-in-itself, the idea, which is unattainable, therefore it's the question of absolute acceptance of the natural deception of Nature itself.

(Man is created to be continuously pulsed and innerly perplexed, by this question, which makes him not only a philosopher, but also his character is fulfilled as he is.)

1Only the infinite untimeliness of the presented material of the experience is the cause of never-to-be understood essence of the will. -- Otherwise we were alike to “gods’ qualities.”

2Plurality is possible and based upon a principle of an absolute necessity; so, then according to that and only that we can presuppose the less of the most of the closest material is needed over all and everything in causal order of creation of a judgment.