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Schopenhauer, Arthur – The World as Will and Representation
thing-in-itself (Ding an sich: noumena). The real world is an authentic reality. This world is transcendent, so outside the grip of human experience. thing-for-us (Ding für uns: phenomena). The ideal world, on the other side, is a fictive reality. It is immanent and belongs to human experience. The distinction between “thing-in-itself”/ “thing-for-us” was introduced by…