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The World as Will as Theology The Absolute is its appearances; it really is. ... Bradley And look at everyone — its in them all [Und sieh dir andre an: es ist in allen] ... Rilke It is interesting to view Schopenhauers teaching of the world as Wille as a theology. In this light Schopenhauer can be considered an atheist only from a narrow perspective.* Schopenhauers theology, as a Western monist/monotheist view based on Eastern thought, offers an alternative both to atheism and to Western/Middle Eastern monotheism (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). [* Other alleged atheists included Socrates, Spinoza, and the early Christians themselves. Often cited as an atheist, Shelley points out on his opening page that he†¦show more content†¦As Janaway complains, If the thing in itself is supposed to be unknowable, how can Schopenhauer claim to know what it is? (Janaway 1999c) Both Kant and Schopenhauer are quite clear on the noumenons being not something outside the universe, but to be the appearances, sub specie aeternitatis. The noumenon is its appearances, not a force behind appearances, pulling the strings. [Wille] is that of which all representation, all object, is the phenomenon, the visibility, the objectivity. It is the innermost essence, the kernel, of every particular thing and also of the whole. It appears in every blindly acting force of nature, and also in the deliberate conduct of man. (Schopenhauer vol.1, p.110) Ultimately, there is only one thing. This brain of mine and my eyeballs are physical components of a material object, my body, which is all, including them, self-objectification of will. But like everything there is for them to perceive is also self-objectification of will. At bottom it is one entity that perceives itself and is perceived by itself. (Magee 1997, p.160f, quoting Schopenhauer vol.2, p.18) The world is one thing (one energy or force), not many things; and this thing must be uncreated (no cause), unbounded (no space), and eternal (no time). It follows that human beings are all parts of the noumenon, oneShow MoreRelatedCreation Theology And The Creation Of The World2019 Words   |  9 PagesCreation happened at the beginning of time. In cultures all around the world, there can be found explanations of how people came to be and how the world they live in was formed. Creation theology is a bit different. It explains how Christians believe the God of the Bible formed the world and how that impacts them today. A belief that most Christians hold that can be traced back to the Apostle’s Creed is that God the Father is â€Å"maker of heaven and earth†. 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