Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung vs Θεαίτητος: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Theory of Knowledge, Knowledge, Philosophy
Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung
The German philosopher explains his thoughts about intellectual perception and abstract representation and critically analyzes Kant's ideas and teachings. Bibliogs.
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Θεαίτητος
Some dialogues of Plato are of so various a character that their relation to the other dialogues cannot be determined with any degree of certainty. The Theaetetus, like the Parmenides, has points of similarity both with…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Θεαίτητος is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 9 for Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung.
- Θεαίτητος has the widest readership — 6736 ratings behind its score.
- Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung runs the darker storyline; Θεαίτητος stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung | Θεαίτητος | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (5533) | 4.1 (6736) |
Reception
| Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung | Θεαίτητος | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5533 | 6736 |
| Editions | 81 | 159 |
| Citations | 524 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 13716 | — |
| Reading it now | 241 | — |
| Written reviews | 151 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 6729 | 80 |
| Pages | 509 | 157 |