/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10986726]

The world is my representation, therefore the universe is my will.

[Anonymous No.10986762]

>>10986726
even if your first statement were true, which you have not established, the question then becomes why you necessarily link representation to will.

there are many theories of representation: simulacra, substitution, resemblance, etc. Outside the will, there is the aesthetic dimension of representation, its epistemic and didactic value, and so forth--there is more to it than simply power, and at the very least you need to tell me why it is linked to power for you so specifically.

Hannah Pitkin has probably THE political theory book on the subject of representation. Lefort has an essay or two on the body of democracy that matters; Hobbes, Madison are primaries, with even Socrates' notion of the mirror of soul and society being something of a central contribution. i dunno why you just go a watered-down Berkeley/Schopenhauer/Stirner route.

[Anonymous No.10986764]

>>10986726
>German idealism, where there's no ontological difference between I and God

[Anonymous No.10986765]

>>10986726
Yeah

[Anonymous No.10986781]

No, you are the will of the universe. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.