According to Schopenhauer, "Time is that in which all things pass away; it is merely the form under which the ______________, the thing-in-itself and therefore imperishable, has revealed to it that its efforts are in vain; it is that agent by which at every moment all things in our hands become as nothing, and lose any real value they possess."
A) universal being
B) will to live
C) cogito ergo sum
D) immortal soul

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Schopenhauer believed that all things in the material world are merely the manifestation of the "will to live," which is the fundamental force of the universe. This will to live is the thing-in-itself, or the underlying reality of all existence, which is imperishable and eternal. Time, on the other hand, is simply the form under which the will to live reveals itself in the world, and it is the agent by which all things are ultimately reduced to nothingness. Therefore, the best choice to fill in the blank is the "will to live" (B).

According to Schopenhauer, "Time Is That in Which All Things