PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Immanence, Victor Cousin, Kuno Fischer
28 Jul 2020
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Will of power, super man and eternal re-wind. To the "destructive" movement corresponds an "affirmative philosophy" that seeks to lay the "true" foundations of life, beyond self-deception and supremacy. According to nietzsche, the world is at its core the will to power that is expressed in all inorganic and organic forms. In this sense he is a faithful follower of schopenhauer, but he modifies his thesis, considering that every active force is a will to power and not only to survive. Volitional causality is the only form of causality; the universal will is manifested under different forms, from atoms to the conscious will in man. Knowledge serves and works as an instrument of power, reason obeys the will and works as a means to achieve more power. 1 as a transformation of nature with the purpose of governing it. "knowledge is power" in a universal way: every foundation has a pragmatic and functional value.
