voluntarism is characterized by openly rejecting science and promoting mysticism. We regard freedom of will and moral phenomena as things that are not restricted by objective laws and social environment, and use freedom of will to explain various problems in the universe and life. The philosophical value of Nietzsche's voluntarism is twofold. On the one hand, Nietzsche inherited the essence of the Enlightenment and reflected the awakening of modern consciousness.

The positive affirmation of the value of life has aroused people's thinking about the meaning and value of life and redefined life; The negative criticism of instrumental rationality and industrial civilization has opened up modern irrationalism. On the other hand, there is also one-sidedness in criticizing rationality and denying tradition, which is exactly the appreciation of postmodernism.

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will is also the basis for the survival and development of living things, and stomach, claws, muscles and sexual organs are all developed by will. Reason is the slave and tool of the will. Animals without reason can still live well. beginning of life has no reason at all, and it is only when the will needs to be embodied that reason is created. But it is impossible for reason to know the nature of the world, and intuition is the way to know the world.

Schopenhauer studied Indian philosophy and was greatly influenced by Indian Buddhism. He thought that science and philosophy had reached the limit in the field of will, and only by mysterious insight could we understand the nature of will. Therefore, the highest goal of human beings is to take abstinence as the starting point, then forget myself, and finally forget everything and enter the realm of illusion, so as to transcend the will to live and all its troubles.

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