Will (philosophy) - Nietzsche

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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    The exuberant fertility of the universal will.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “How many things there were for conscience to bite on in the past! How good its teeth were then!—And today? What is missing?”MA dentist’s question.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    Out of love, women become entirely what it is that they are in the imaginations of the men who love them.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)