5/20/2023 0 Comments Nietzsche beyond good and evilThey are strong enough to throw off the shackles of the herd and engage in a 'revaluation of values' (generating their own life-affirming values in place of the life-denying ones established by the herd. 203 - New Philosophers and Free Spirits The type of person we should hope for to stand against the 'collective degeneration of man' that herd morality causes is a 'new philosopher' or 'free spirit'. In its more refined form it may manifest as self-overcoming, where our instance towards dominance is turned back on ourselves and, through a process of struggle and self-examination, we make ourselves stronger and more powerful. In its unrefined form this may manifest as dominance over others. It is also understood as a pscyhological principle characterising human behaviour. This fundamental motivational drive is characteristic of all things in the universe. Will to Power A fundamental motivational drive towards power.
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