Continental Philosophy Lecture 7: Nietzsche and the Will to Power
Nov 12, 2021
This lecture explores Nietzsche's concept of the Will to Power as a metaphysical question, a relational theory of forces, and the basis for his theory of perspectivity and the will to truth. It discusses the impact on ethics, politics, aesthetics, mind, and logic, as well as the interpretation by Martin Heidegger. Additionally, it examines Nietzsche's views on wills, their desire to survive, and their shaping of the future. The chapter delves into the implications of the will to power for ontology, subjectivity, truth, and other Nietzschean ideas.
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World As Interacting Forces
- Nietzsche frames the world as a field of forces rather than a single substance or absolute.
- Reality becomes intelligible only as interacting, localized forces rather than eternal forms.
No Platonic Otherworld
- Will to power rejects Platonic dualism by making force the absolute, not an otherworldly idea.
- Power is concrete, directional, and localized, not an abstract universal.
Becoming As Striving For Stability
- Forces exist only in relation and strive to establish spatial location and temporal survival.
- Becoming is not chaos but a struggle to maintain identity amid change.