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voluntarism / metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本華|叔本华[Shū běn huá], that the essence of the world is willpower
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唯意志論 唯意志论 [wei2 yi4 zhi4 lun4] /voluntarism/metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本華|叔本华[Shu1 ben3 hua2], that the essence of the world is willpower/

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