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47: The Meaning of Life

The Nietzsche Podcast

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Will to Power Is an Explanatory Principle for Human Action

Nicha argues that all selfless acts emerge from a foundation of selfishness. He says our motivations can be coarse or refined such that both the philanthropist and the car thief are expressing their will to power. Nicha: "Our identity can be complex and individual, or rigid and inherited"

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