reality

unconscious

innovator in the field of

psychology

occupation / innovator as

philosopher

philosophy

nationality

German

intellectual movement

Irrationalism

pessimism

unconscious mind

is the unfolding of the idea of the unconscious through willing.

While, for Schopenhauer, representation is the subjective knowledge of the will's striving, for Hartmann, the unfolding of the idea of the unconscious through willing is reality.

is a metaphysical order which unites the unconscious will and the unconscious ideas.

Hartmann essentially takes over Schopenhauer's system, but makes two significant alterations. 1) In place of Schopenhauer's will which manifests itself as representation through the different grades of objectification of the ideas, Hartmann posits the metaphysical order of the Unconscious which unites the unconscious will and the unconscious ideas. 2) While, for Schopenhauer, representation is the subjective knowledge of the will's striving, for Hartmann, the unfolding of the idea of the unconscious through willing is reality.

Eduard von Hartmann

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