Barash book discussion 4
In the second section, “The Free Spirit,” Nietzsche introduces the will as the only cause for any and every effect found in mankind, and he remarks that the most fundamental of all wills is the Will to Power (Nietzsche 52). The Will to Power is further described as a necessity of all life: “…if it be a living and not a dying organization… it will have to be the incarnated Will to Power, it will endeavour to grow, to gain ground, attract itself and acquire ascendancy – now owing to any morality or immorality, but because it lives, and because life is precisely Will to Power” (Nietzsche 226). While the quest for increasing power has been labeled a possible pervasive attribute of all humanity, it’s important to discern Nietzsche’s more personal idea of “power” from a Machiavellian approach, for example, that discerns power in terms of ruthlessness and relatively unfortunate necessity. While Machiavelli argues the need for power in politics, autocratic rule, and general social affairs (Barash 185-188), Nietzsche’s sense of power requires no conscious implementation. To him, it is simply a fact – the fact – of all human nature. Wind Turbine Project.
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