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Friedrich Nietzsche‘s ”Beyond Good and Evil” (Part 1/2)

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The Problem With Will to Power

All actions imply a certain possibility afforded to that being or constituent part of that being in such a way as to imply that you're capable of doing this because somebody else is not capable of doing it. There's a kind of excitement associated with it that speaks to this inherent will to power. Now this will to power doesn't only work one way, that is, from a subject or from its constituent parts onto others, but also operates against oneself. So for example, if you have a vision in mind about how or you want your life to be, that is going to involve you suppressing certain, maybe desire certain things that you might otherwise do. If the will to power is not acknowledged and

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