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Hight, George Ainslie

 
9781330872543: The Unity of Will (Classic Reprint): Studies of an Irrationalist: Studies of an Irrationalist (Classic Reprint)
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ISBN 10: 1330872541 ISBN 13: 9781330872543
Editorial: Forgotten Books, 2018

Sinopsis

Discover a bold, integrated view of will that links science, philosophy, and everyday life. This edition presents a challenging, systematic look at how mind, matter, and action fit together.



The work surveys how the human mind seeks to understand God and the universe, and it argues that knowledge is often secondary to action. It treats the brain as a complex mechanism that converts impressions into actions, and it explains how reasoning can be both a driver of insight and a source of error. Grounded in careful analysis, it invites readers to see how science, faith, and ethics meet in a single, lasting vision.



What you will experience:



  • Clear explanations of how beliefs, perception, and will influence each other

  • A discussion of how syllogisms can support or mislead, depending on the premisses

  • An unusual view of science, causality, and the unity of purpose in nature

  • Connections between metaphysical ideas and practical life choices



Ideal for readers of philosophy, cognitive science, and intellectual history seeking a cohesive, provocative perspective.


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Excerpt from The Unity of Will: Studies of an Irrationalist

Soul, i.e. The inner spiritual (geistiger) life of man, to be Thought; of always placing Thought first, while assigning a subordinate place to Will, which has been regarded as a mere secondary product, consequent upon thought. With him, on the other hand, the primary reality of every existence is Will, by which he understands not only wish and resolve in the narrow sense, but all striving, desiring, shunning, hoping, fearing, loving, hating, in short everything which makes up our personal weal and woe, joy and sorrow-all being merely modifications or affections of a will, either for or against. Of these Intellect is the instrument, and therefore secondary and dependent, a mere aceiolens of our existence. The will is master, intellect its busy and accomplished servant while the intellect is laboriously searching and balancing, endeavouring from innumerable data by difficult combinations, to extract a result which seems to accord with the interest of the will, the latter is idly resting, to enter when all is ready, like a Sultan into his divan, and pronounce its monotonous approved' or disapproved,' always the same in character, though varying in degree. And so we see the Will remaining in undiminished force through life; as strong in infancy as in manhood; still vigorous and determined in the decrepitude of age, when the faculties are broken.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Unity of Will: Studies of an Irrationalist

The views expressed in the following pages are based upon those of Schopenhauer, contained in his chapter Vom Primat dea Willens im Selbstbewusstsein. As his doctrine of the relation between Intellect and Will differs from that of all other metaphysicians, and has been little studied in England, my first intention was to prefix his essay as an introduction to this work; but finding that a translation in extenso would unduly swell the bulk of the volume, I have been fain to content myself with this reference to it, and with expressing a hope that my readers will draw at the fountain head, and read, if they have not done so before, what has always appeared to me the most lucid and convincing piece of philosophical exposition that modem literature has to show.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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2018
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