will to power

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Nietzschean concept ethical concept metaphysical principle philosophical concept psychological drive

The will to power is Friedrich Nietzsche’s central philosophical concept describing a fundamental drive in all life to assert, expand, and enhance its strength and creative force.

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will to power canonical 7

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nietzschean concept ⓘ
ethical concept ⓘ
metaphysical principle ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
psychological drive ⓘ
appliesTo all living beings ⓘ
human psychology ⓘ
moral values ⓘ
social relations ⓘ
associatedWithWork Beyond Good and Evil ⓘ
On the Genealogy of Morality ⓘ
The Will to Power ⓘ
Thus Spoke Zarathustra ⓘ
centralConceptOf Nietzschean philosophy ⓘ
surface form: Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy
characterizedBy dynamic struggle ⓘ
plurality of competing forces ⓘ
self-affirmation ⓘ
contrastsWith Schopenhauer's will to live ⓘ
describes fundamental drive in all life ⓘ
tendency to assert strength ⓘ
tendency to enhance creative force ⓘ
tendency to expand power ⓘ
influenced 20th-century continental philosophy ⓘ
Gilles Deleuze ⓘ
Martin Heidegger ⓘ
Michel Foucault ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
post-structuralism ⓘ
influencedBy Arthur Schopenhauer's concept of the will ⓘ
interpretedAs drive for self-overcoming ⓘ
non-moral striving for expansion ⓘ
ontological principle of becoming ⓘ
principle of interpretation and evaluation ⓘ
misinterpretedAs mere desire for political domination ⓘ
opposes life-denying values ⓘ
passive resignation ⓘ
proposedBy Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
relatedTo eternal recurrence ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
revaluation of values ⓘ
Übermensch ⓘ
usedToCritique Christian ethics ⓘ
metaphysical dualism ⓘ
traditional morality ⓘ
usedToExplain artistic creativity ⓘ
conflict and struggle ⓘ
creation of values ⓘ
cultural development ⓘ

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Subject: will to power
Description of subject: The will to power is Friedrich Nietzsche’s central philosophical concept describing a fundamental drive in all life to assert, expand, and enhance its strength and creative force.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Friedrich Nietzsche → notableIdea → will to power ⓘ
"The Will to Meaning" → contrastsWith → will to power ⓘ
subject surface form: The Will to Meaning
Thus Spoke Zarathustra → notableConcept → will to power ⓘ
Beyond Good and Evil → mainTheme → will to power ⓘ
Beyond Good and Evil → philosophicalConcept → will to power ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche’s earlier work ‘Beyond Good and Evil’ → philosophicalConcept → will to power ⓘ
subject surface form: Beyond Good and Evil
The Will to Power → mainSubject → will to power ⓘ