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Mentioned in 27 episodes

The will to power

Book • 1913
The Will to Power is a compilation of Friedrich Nietzsche's notes and fragments, edited and published posthumously by his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche and others.

The book is based on Nietzsche's intention to write a comprehensive work titled 'The Will to Power, An Attempt at a Revaluation of All Values.

' It explores his central philosophical concept of the 'will to power,' which he believed was the fundamental driving force in all living beings.

The work delves into various aspects of human life, including morality, art, science, and metaphysics, and critiques traditional values and morality.

Despite not being a completed work by Nietzsche himself, it remains a key component of his philosophical legacy.

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Mentioned in 27 episodes

Mentioned by Jordan Peterson, referencing Nietzsche's concept of the 'will to power' as a central human motivation.
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237. Your Dark Side and Control Over Your Life | Robert Greene
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Stephen West
as an example of a philosopher who valued humor in philosophical work.
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Episode #147 ... Being and Becoming
Mentioned by a participant as a college book she struggled to give away while discussing emotional attachment to possessions and identity.
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Stoop and Build ’Em Up | Stronger Stoics Together
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Mitch Horowitz
in relation to the concept of will to power and its misinterpretations.
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Mitch Horowitz
Mentioned as the origin of the idea that the world itself is the will to power and nothing else.
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The Stories Culture Tells Us
Mentioned in the podcast as a compilation of unpublished Nietzsche materials containing "My Five No's".
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Nietzsche's Five Nos
Mentioned by Bataille says to quote to Nietzsche, war, to quote Nietzsche, was a stimulant to the imagination.
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Georges Bataille’s 'On Nietzsche': War, Chance, and the Collapse of Meaning with Stuart Kendall
Mentioned by the host as a work that further develops the ideas presented in "The Gay Science."
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The Gay Science #1 (Preface, I.1 - I.9)
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David Chapman
as one of the intellectual lineages that he and Jordan Peterson share, especially concerning nihilism.
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Maps of Meaningness
Mentioned when discussing the context of Nietzsche's "The Madman" passage.
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The Gay Science #12 (III.125-III.131)

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