The Principle of Individuation in the Philosophy of Schopenhauer

Abstract

The article is an attempt to present a coherent reconstruction of the cathegory of unification and its role in Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophy. It refers to the problem of the unity of the human being in the perspective of its historicity and, on the other hand, with reference to the absolute will, unifying the whole world of representations. The main issue of the second part of the article is the problem of the antinomy between the determination of human fate by the inevitable movement of the will, and its relative independence which can be achieved in the act of compassion.