The Lexicon · Genealogy · Enlightenment
SCHOPENHAUER, ARTHUR
1788–1860
The Will and Representation (The Drive Underneath the Application)
Schopenhauer: behind all representation lies an undifferentiated Will that drives everything. CoCA names this drive desire, in the Limbo glossary entry (Part I). The application form is the representation. The drive that fills the form is the Will. The institution does not require the applicant to know this. The institution captures the representation and lets the Will go its way, unfiled.