Schopenhauerвђ™s Вђ™the World As Will And Represent... Instant

: While Immanuel Kant argued the "thing-in-itself" (ultimate reality) was unknowable, Schopenhauer claimed it is the Will —an irrational, aimless, and insatiable drive that animates all of nature, from gravity to human desire. Our own bodies serve as the direct link to this Will; we experience it internally as raw striving. Suffering and the Human Condition

Though largely ignored during his own time, this work later exerted a massive influence on major figures across several fields: : While Immanuel Kant argued the "thing-in-itself" (ultimate

: Immersion in art, particularly music , allows a person to briefly become a "will-less subject of knowledge". Music is unique because Schopenhauer believed it copies the Will itself, rather than just representing its effects. rather than just representing its effects.