Single Idea 4489

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism]

Full Idea

Having unlearned faith, one still seeks another authority (in conscience, or reason, or social instinct, or history); one wants to get around the will, the willing of a goal, the risk of positing a goal for oneself.

Gist of Idea

If faith is lost, people seek other authorities, in order to avoid the risk of willing personal goals

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §020)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.16


A Reaction

But what goal should you risk willing, and why? And what limits my goals? What is the hallmark of a healthy goal, or good taste in goals, or whatever it is Nietzsche aspires to?