Chapter 3 ("Reading the Text") comprises the bulk of the book (about two-thirds) and takes the form of a section-by-section commentary on The World as Will and Representation. The world (the object) is the representation of the subject (the individual). Its subordinate forms are space = position, time = succession and (states of) matter = causality. An alternative title for Schopenhauer’s main book, The World as Will and Representation, might well have been, The World as Reality and Appearance. 1. The essential form of this representation is the division into object and subject. Chapter 4 is on Schopenhauer's "Reception and Influence", and in this case the 'notes for further reading' is just a bibliography organized by topic. Read 3 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. 0 Reviews. This banner text can have markup.. web; books; video; audio; software; images; Toggle navigation The World as Will and Idea Volume 3 book. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. Arthur Schopenhauer’s most popular book is The World as Will and Representation, Vol. Similarly, his book might have been entitled, The Inner and Outer Nature of Reality. Arthur Schopenhauer has 443 books on Goodreads with 166645 ratings. Amazon.com; Barnes&Noble.com - $18.95; Books-A-Million; IndieBound; Find in a library; All sellers » The World as Will and Representation, Volume 1. Arthur Schopenhauer. Get this book in print. The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) Note: Translation of "Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung." Courier Corporation, Apr 24, 2012 - Philosophy - 576 pages. In this book, however, we must consider separately that aspect of the world from which we start, its aspect as knowable, and therefore, in the meantime, we must, without reserve, regard all presented objects, even our own bodies (as we shall presently show more fully), merely as ideas, and call them merely ideas.