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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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Famous quotes containing the word nietzsche:

    A real man wants two things: danger and play. Therefore he wants woman as the most dangerous plaything.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    Whoever has character also has his typical experience, which returns over and over again.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    But tell me: how did gold get to be the highest value? Because it is uncommon and useless and gleaming and gentle in its brilliance; it always gives itself. Only as an image of the highest virtue did gold get to be the highest value. The giver’s glance gleams like gold. A golden brilliance concludes peace between the moon and the sun. Uncommon is the highest virtue and useless, it is gleaming and gentle in its brilliance: a gift- giving virtue is the highest virtue.
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)