POL 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Side Effect
10 Mar 2017
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Nietzsche: to master everything (a. k. a. the will to power) (cid:498)self-overcoming(cid:499)/(cid:499)self-mastery(cid:499) (2nd part of zarathustra) The (cid:498)will to power(cid:499) is this idea that our basic drive is this desire to master. Underlying the (cid:498)will to truth(cid:499) is something more basic: this will that seeks. The urge to master is characteristic of life this is the core of human existence. You don"t need to religion to know how to obey. However, obedience does not follow absolute values. Self-preservation is a side-effect, not the main focus. Conclusion: man is the animal that has not yet been defined to his highest creations (aka philosophy) A living thing is one which tries to overcome. It seeks above all to discharge its strength. However, he argues that the will to power does not have a specific, set, absolute end. It"s primary purpose is also not self-preservation. Nietzsche: humans have no determined nature or function.
