Nietzsche
Further information: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power, Intrinsic motivationFriedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was influenced by Schopenhauer when younger, but later felt him to be wrong. However, he maintained a modified focus upon will, making the term "will to power" famous as an explanation of human aims and actions.
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Famous quotes containing the word nietzsche:
“The disillusioned one speaks.—I sought great human beings, and I never found anything but the apes of their ideals.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“What is happiness?—The feeling that power is growing, that a resistance is being overcome.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“So long as we possess our own why regarding life, we can put up with almost any how.—Human beings do not seek happiness—only the Englishman does.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)