The Will to Power

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collection of notes philosophical work posthumous work

The Will to Power is a posthumously compiled collection of Friedrich Nietzsche’s notes that explores his controversial philosophical concept of power as the fundamental driving force of human behavior and reality.

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Der Wille zur Macht 1
The Will to Power canonical 1
The Will to Power (English edition) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of notes ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
posthumous work ⓘ
author Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
centralConcept critique of Christian morality ⓘ
interpretation of reality as will to power ⓘ
power as fundamental drive ⓘ
revaluation of values ⓘ
compiledFrom Nietzsche’s notebooks ⓘ
Nietzsche’s notebooks ⓘ
surface form: Nietzsche’s unpublished notes
controversy editorial reliability ⓘ
faithfulness to Nietzsche’s intentions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
editor Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche ⓘ
Heinrich Köselitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Gast ⓘ
expandedEditionPublicationDate 1906 ⓘ
genre existential philosophy ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation The Will to Power self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Will to Power (English edition)
hasPart aphorisms ⓘ
fragments ⓘ
influenced 20th-century continental philosophy ⓘ
critical theory ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
post-structuralism ⓘ
influencedBy Beyond Good and Evil ⓘ
On the Genealogy of Morality ⓘ
Thus Spoke Zarathustra ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainSubject morality ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
philosophy of life ⓘ
power ⓘ
value creation ⓘ
will to power ⓘ
originalTitle The Will to Power self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Der Wille zur Macht
philosophicalTradition continental philosophy ⓘ
publicationDate 1901 ⓘ
publicationStatus posthumous ⓘ
relatedConcept eternal recurrence ⓘ
Übermensch ⓘ
relatedWork Ecce Homo ⓘ
The Antichrist ⓘ
Twilight of the Idols ⓘ
structure thematically arranged notes ⓘ

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Description of subject: The Will to Power is a posthumously compiled collection of Friedrich Nietzsche’s notes that explores his controversial philosophical concept of power as the fundamental driving force of human behavior and reality.

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will to power → associatedWithWork → The Will to Power ⓘ
The Will to Power → originalTitle → The Will to Power self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Der Wille zur Macht
The Will to Power → hasEnglishTranslation → The Will to Power self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Will to Power (English edition)