The World as Will and Representation

Arthur Schopenhauer – a German philosopher, one of the main representatives of philosophical irrationalism, gained the nickname "philosopher of pessimism" due to his harsh judgments. His philosophy and unusual views on human nature, the metaphysical analysis of will, and his... aphoristic writing style had a tremendous influence on Z. Freud, F. Nietzsche, A. Einstein, C. Jung, L. Tolstoy, L. H. Borges, and many others. What is the "will to live" and the "representation" of the world; why is life a tragedy, but in its details resembles a comedy; what knowledge gives to a person; how he gets acquainted with the surrounding reality through his body and how he unravels his genius; what is love and why does a woman act as the main culprit of evil…