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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    “Some men have sighed over the abduction of their wives, but many more have sighed because no one wanted to abduct theirs.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “About sacrifice and the offering of sacrifices, sacrificial animals think quite differently from those who look on: but they have never been allowed to have their say.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy—together with what lies under it.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)