DER WEG DES ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER: "THE WORLD IS MY IDEA."

Im ersten Buch von "Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung" macht Old Schopi einen Generalangriff auf den Materialismus.
WILL DURANT:
"How can we explain mind as matter, when we know matter only through mind."
Und weiter:
"No: It is impossible to solve the metaphysical puzzle, to discover the secret essence of reality; by examining matter first, and then proceeding to examine thought: we must begin with that which we know directly and intimately-ourselves. We can never arrive at the real nature of things from without. However much we may investigate, we can never reach anything but images and names. We are like a man who goes round a castle seeking in vain for an entrance, and sometimes sketching the facades. Let us enter within. If we can ferret out the ultimate nature of our own minds we shall perhaps have the key to the external world.
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to sketch=skizzieren
to ferret out=herausfinden; aufspüren
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Der Weg geht also von innen nach außen, nicht von außen nach innen, wie es z.B. die Physiker versuchen, die "nur" an der Oberfläche kratzen. Liebe Physiker, hiermit seid ihr in Rente geschickt. Old Schopi hat gesprochen!