As vias de negação da vontade em Schopenhauer

Abstract

According to Schopenhauer, the man while being volitional lives constantly agitated by the movement of wanting endless, plagued by incessant search for things that can not give you a definite satisfaction and are starting points for new desires. The philosopher says that redemption for this existence devoid of purpose can only be achieved through the denial of life will [Verneinung des Willens zum Leben]. The denial of the will is the culmination of Schopenhauer's ethics and this experience can occur in two ways: the first is the knowledge and appropriation of other people's suffering, which makes possible the transition from virtue to asceticism; the second is the suffering radically sense, which has a "sanctifying power". This study aims to investigate the differences between the two routes for the denial of the will, and take the life of Francisco de Assis as an example for better understanding of the ascetic practices, spontaneous result of that denial, according to Schopenhauer.