Full Idea
The essence of nature is the will to life itself.
Gist of Idea
The essence of nature is the will to life itself
Source
Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Idea [1819], IV.60)
Book Reference
Schopenhauer,Arthur: 'The World as Will and Idea', ed/tr. Berman,Jill and David [Everyman 1995], p.209
A Reaction
How would he have responded to Darwin? The will to life is the product, there, of a different and more remote force, such as the 'energy' of the physicist (whatever that is!).