Will to Power - Nietzsche's Collected Works

Author: Nietzsche
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: During the existentialist lectures, Nietzsche held a central position. Without Nietzsche, thinkers like Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger, and Jean-Paul Sartre would be inconceivable. Moreover, the conclusion of Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus also sounds like a distant echo of Nietzsche. — Professor Kaufmann, Princeton University, USA
Of course, it is not a bad thing to simply give away. On the one hand, it shows richness; on the other, it demonstrates magnanimity. Nietzsche once claimed to be the sun, infinitely radiant, giving without taking. However, Nietzsche was not the sun; he went mad. — Lu Xun, Collected Essays from Qi Jie Ting·Taking and Giving
This book primarily expresses Nietzsche's doctrine of the "Will to Power" and his theory of the "übermensch," one of his major representative works. Influenced by the theory of "survival of the fittest," Nietzsche developed Schopenhauer's "Will to Life" into the "Will to Power," proposing the philosophy of the "übermensch," thereby lending a social Darwinist hue to voluntarism. His theories had a profound impact on later life philosophy, historical philosophy, pragmatism, existentialism, and other fields. The essence of Nietzsche's philosophy is the "Re-evaluation of All Values," and his "Will" is all-consuming. Both his brilliance and his darkness are tied to this "Will." Nietzsche believed that the "Will to Power" is the sole absolute driving force governing the world and human behavior. Life is the creation of the "Will to Power" forging the strongest individuals, enabling them to shatter the deceptive, pathological, and life-hating aspects of society. To understand the essence of Nietzsche's philosophy, The Will to Power is indispensable.