Nietzsche
Further information: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power, Intrinsic motivationFriedrich 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:
“Evaluation is creation: hear it, you creators! Evaluating is itself the most valuable treasure of all that we value. It is only through evaluation that value exists: and without evaluation the nut of existence would be hollow. Hear it, you creators!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Anyone who has ever constructed a “new heaven” has discovered the power to do it nowhere but in his own hell.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“The will to overcome an emotion is ultimately nothing but the will of another—or of several other—emotions.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)