Beyond Character

Schopenhauer's argument for the possibility of, in principle, resistance to the Will-to-Live, entails an argument for the possibility of, in principle, resistance to any specification of the Will-to-Live.  So, if, as it is in his system, Will-to-Live is the universal noumenon, then any Character-type is a specification of the Will-to-Live.  Thus, even though he does not seem to recognize the implication, it follows from his own premises that no Character is immutable.  Now, Kant's thesis that Virtue entails endless progress, i. e. that it can never be permanently attained, implies that he agrees that no Character is immutable.  Thus, Schopenhauer's repeated invoking of Kant's concept of Character as part of his defense of his own concept of fixed Character, seems counterproductive.