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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    Are you one who looks on? Or one who lends a hand?—Or one who looks away, steps aside? ... Third question of conscience.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    Our sense of the tragic waxes and wanes with our sensuality.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    Unexplained, obscure matters are regarded as more important than explained, clear ones.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)