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Brian Leiter on Nietzsche Myths

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The Psychological Desire for Power Over Other People

Nietzsche makes use of the psychological hypothesis that people are motivated by the desire for a feeling of power. He isn't contrary to Heidegger, committed to the claim that will to power is the essence of reality and thus Nietzsche's the culmination of 2000 years of metaphysics That begins with Plato.

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