Schopenhauer's ideas in "World as Will" reminds me most of the 1975 song, "Action Speak Louder Than Words" by the Afro-American group Chocolate Milk. While Schopenhauer focuses his attention on the power, understanding, and limitations of an individual's will, this song by Chocolate Milk is related to Schopenhauer's idea of the will because actions are inspired by the will. Schopenhauer says that the will "proclaims itself first of all in the voluntary movements of this body"(73). In this song, the lyrics suggest that voluntarily acting one way is better than speaking about acting one way. In speaking about doing something we may recognize the motives which enable to will to act, but only through our actions do others believe (as well as ourselves) that the will to do X action is truly engaged.
Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgoZUHO4uMc
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