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Is everyone's sense of power always predicated on diminishing that of someone else's? [closed]
Why think that everyone's sense of power always predicated on diminishing that of someone else's, and is it the case? I think the question isn't a trivial "no reason to think it".
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Eternal recurrence and free will
In rereading Nietzsche, I had a question: Is Nietzsche a determinist? As far as I understand from reading Beyond Good and Evil, it follows that it does not, for Nietzsche himself, as I understand it, ...
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Nietzsche doesn't believe in free will nor in "non-free will". How come?
In Beyond Good and Evil, section 21, Nietzsche writes (this is not the whole section)
The desire for “freedom of will” in the superlative, metaphysical sense, such as still holds sway, unfortunately, ...
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Can there be a Nietzschean Will to Power when our subonscious affects our desires which are dictated by ideology as Zizek points out?
Does nietzsche argue there is free will ? how can he simultaneously claim our desire is affected by the subconscious and also claim that we must figure those out and assert our will when Zizek ...
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Was Nietzsche speaking of psychologists when he commented that even those with the best intentions can do immeasurable harm?
Nietzsche said this (as found here):
"It seems to me that a human being with the very best of intentions can do immeasurable harm, if he is immodest enough to wish to profit those whose spirit and ...
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Will to power: why doesn't it work sometimes?
I'm reading Nietzsche and he had this interesting idea that all lives tend to expand their influence on the world as much as possible. And for human beings, that means seeking to start a family, or to ...
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How far does Nietzsche's skepticism of causality go?
On page 21 of Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, I found the following quote:
Suppose someone sees through the boorish naivete of this famous concept of "free will" and manages to get it out of his ...
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Existentialism and the absensce of free will
One of the most famous doctrines of existentialism formulated by Jean Paul Sartre is that we are absolutely free.
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible ...
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How does Nietzsche define and characterize "freedom" throughout his works?
My basic question concerns the meaning of freedom in Nietzsche's work. Nietzsche suggests that, in reality, a will can never be absolutely "free" or "unfree"—rather, any particular will is going ...
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