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author: Arthur Schopenhauer
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date: '2025-10-07'
description: schopenhauer metaphysics that sees the world as representation for us and as blind will in itself, stressing suffering, art, and compassion.
id: The World as Will and Representation
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title: The World as Will and Representation
year: 1818
authors: Arthur Schopenhauer
created: '2025-10-07'
published: '2025-10-07'
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