From b222e313e4109e19f9b6fd4aa4fafd84d1c77554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jet Hughes Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 07:31:45 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2022-07-13 07:31:45 --- content/notes/091-nietzsche-wilil-to-power.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/notes/091-nietzsche-wilil-to-power.md diff --git a/content/notes/091-nietzsche-wilil-to-power.md b/content/notes/091-nietzsche-wilil-to-power.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..150530df6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/091-nietzsche-wilil-to-power.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +title: "02-nietzsche-wilil-to-power" +aliases: +tags: +- podcast/philosophizethis +--- + +Why do we do things: usually to be happy. some might say — no i life my life to serve i sacrifice i volunteer etc — but this still on some level, brings them happiness. + +But then why do people to so many things that make them unhappy (e.g., jealousy, guilt). Some people say (in a very shopenhauer approach to things) that these things happen because of survival, the will to life. + +but then if the goal was survival, why do people go skydiving etc. Its more complex than just survival + +Nietzsche says its not will to happiness, its not will to survival, its will to power. by power he means becoming who you are, finding yourself. + +We are a part of the animal kingdom, we are part of an ecosystem. other animals e.g., bears have a will to power, to imporve their curcumstances. We are the same, but we have big brains so their are more ways to achieve this. \ No newline at end of file