Concept

Will to life

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philosophical concept

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Second Aspect. The Assertion And Denial Of The Will To Live, When Self-Consciousness Has Been Attained. Tempore quo cognitio simul advenit, amor e medio supersurrexit.—_Oupnek’hat,_ _Studio Anquetil Duperron_, vol. ii. p. 216. § 53.
Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Idea
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"Exploitation" does not belong to a depraved, or imperfect and primitive society it belongs to the nature of the living being as a primary organic function, it is a consequence of the intrinsic Will to Power, which is precisely the Will to Life--Granting that as a theory this is a novelty--as a reality it is the FUNDAMENTAL FACT of all history let us be so far honest towards ourselves! 260.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
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He certainly did not hit the truth who shot at it the formula: ‘Will to existence’: that will—doth not exist! For what is not, cannot will; that, however, which is in existence—how could it still strive for existence! Only where there is life, is there also will: not, however, Will to Life, but—so teach I thee—Will to Power! Much is reckoned higher than life itself by the living one; but out of the very reckoning…
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra
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