El Mundo Como Voluntad Y Representaci-n epub download

A highly original study on the relationship between the aesthetic theory of Schopenhauer and Borges' fictions, this book analyzes essays and short stories in order to reveal facets of the aesthetic experience. The first part broadly outlines some of the principal ideas of "El Mundo Como Voluntad y Representaci-n", as a background to aesthetic theory; including the concept of perception; the oneiric character of reality; the different meanings of the terms 'will'; and the relationship between will and intellect. The remainder of the work analyzes how Schopenhauer's theories transform Borges' discourse in a sort of palimpsest of the origin of the fictive work. "Text in English".