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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    Where do your greatest dangers lie?—In pity.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    To learn from our enemies is the best pathway to loving them: for it makes us grateful to them.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    They will call you the annihilators of morals: but you are simply the inventors of yourselves.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)