Will (philosophy) - Nietzsche

Nietzsche

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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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    In morality, man treats himself not as individuum but as dividuum.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    What do you believe in?—In this, that the weights of all things must be determined anew.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    I feel all those human beings to be pernicious who can no longer oppose what they love: they thereby ruin the best things and people.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)