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.
Statements (48)
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| instanceOf |
Nietzschean concept
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ethical concept → metaphysical principle → philosophical concept → psychological drive → |
| appliesTo |
all living beings
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human psychology → moral values → social relations → |
| associatedWithWork |
Beyond Good and Evil
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On the Genealogy of Morality → The Will to Power → Thus Spoke Zarathustra → |
| centralConceptOf |
Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy
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| characterizedBy |
dynamic struggle
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plurality of competing forces → self-affirmation → |
| contrastsWith |
Schopenhauer's will to live
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| describes |
fundamental drive in all life
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tendency to assert strength → tendency to enhance creative force → tendency to expand power → |
| influenced |
20th-century continental philosophy
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Gilles Deleuze → Martin Heidegger → Michel Foucault → existentialism → post-structuralism → |
| influencedBy |
Arthur Schopenhauer's concept of the will
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| interpretedAs |
drive for self-overcoming
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non-moral striving for expansion → ontological principle of becoming → principle of interpretation and evaluation → |
| misinterpretedAs |
mere desire for political domination
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| opposes |
life-denying values
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passive resignation → |
| proposedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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| relatedTo |
eternal recurrence
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nihilism → revaluation of values → Übermensch → |
| usedToCritique |
Christian ethics
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metaphysical dualism → traditional morality → |
| usedToExplain |
artistic creativity
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conflict and struggle → creation of values → cultural development → |
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The Will to Meaning
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Beyond Good and Evil
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Beyond Good and Evil
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philosophicalConcept |