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Nietzsche

Further information: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power, Intrinsic motivation

Friedrich 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:

    “Evil men have no songs.”MHow is it then that the Russians have songs?
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    When his book opens its mouth, the author must shut his.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what there is to love in man is that he is a going-over and a going-under.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)