Was Schopenhauer right with his 'will to life' theory? Is life/behaviour often explained via our need to both

Question

on the one hand survive and on the other forward our genes?

Obviously behaviours such as suicide and infanticide are behaviours that cannot be explained, but on the whole does this sum up many of our actions?

Certainly women correcting their outward appearances in order to be more 'attractive' to a potential mate or males going on the pull etc all fit into this..

His philosophy is pre-Darwin but does have a hint of Darwinian truth about it - thoughts of you clever people in the yahoo answers community?

Answer 1

sorry words with far too many syllables, so I'll tell you a joke instead.
Did you hear about the guy that ended up in hospital for sniffing curry powder?

he's in a Korma!!! haha...well i thought its funny.
to answer your question, I'll just nip out for a dictionary. tata

Answer 2

I don't think that I being a fine art painter is motivated by a need to survive or procreate. That all artistic drive is rooted in survival and procreation is a simplistic view of the human psyche. Do we philosophies, invent, want to go to the moon all for survival and procreation? There is so much more to humanity than that. It is what separates us from the rest of the life forms on this planet.

Answer 3

Schopenhauer- I remember his thoughts / writings to be confusing. He was not one of my favorite philosophers. You have to constantly cross reference his books since he can say one thing in one and another in the next book.

Answer 4

No philosophy in itself, no religion alone, can answer what we as mortals, natured/nurtured strive to achieve. It comes from WITHIN! ohhh that looks ugly, it comes from within. Better!

Answer 5

Try the "Stop breathing excerise" then you have the answer.