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Single Idea 2291
[filed under theme 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
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Full Idea
A thought comes when 'it' wants, not when 'I' want.
Gist of Idea
A thought comes when 'it' wants, not when 'I' want
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil [1886], §017)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Beyond Good and Evil', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1973], p.28
A Reaction
A wonderful remark (which I have since found in Schopenhauer). I don't see how the most enthusiastic free will libertarian can deny it.
Related Idea
Idea 21477
We don't control our own thinking [Schopenhauer]
The
36 ideas
from 'Beyond Good and Evil'
23440
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Nietzsche's judgement of actions by psychology instead of outcome was poisonous
[Foot on Nietzsche]
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7078
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The freedom of the subject means the collapse of moral certainty
[Nietzsche, by Critchley]
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6869
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Nietzsche thinks the human condition is to overcome and remake itself
[Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]
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7080
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Metaphysics divided the old unified Greek world into two
[Nietzsche, by Critchley]
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7079
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Nietzsche resists nihilism through new values, for a world of becoming, without worship
[Nietzsche, by Critchley]
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2867
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Christianity is Platonism for the people
[Nietzsche]
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2860
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The most boring and dangerous of all errors is Plato's invention of pure spirit and goodness
[Nietzsche]
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1568
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Nietzsche felt that Plato's views downgraded the human body and its brevity of life
[Nietzsche, by Roochnik]
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11090
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Why do we want truth, rather than falsehood or ignorance? The value of truth is a problem
[Nietzsche]
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20140
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We shouldn't object to a false judgement, if it enhances and preserves life
[Nietzsche]
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20355
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The ranking of a person's innermost drives reveals their true nature
[Nietzsche]
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7834
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Great philosophies are confessions by the author, growing out of moral intentions
[Nietzsche]
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2868
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Nature is totally indifferent, so you should try to be different from it, not live by it
[Nietzsche]
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2291
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A thought comes when 'it' wants, not when 'I' want
[Nietzsche]
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2871
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Wanting 'freedom of will' is wanting to pull oneself into existence out of the swamp of nothingness by one's own hair
[Nietzsche]
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20381
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It is psychology which reveals the basic problems
[Nietzsche]
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2872
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In the earliest phase of human history only consequences mattered
[Nietzsche]
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20137
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The great person engages wholly with life, and is happy to endlessly relive the life they created
[Nietzsche]
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2874
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Man is the animal whose nature has not yet been fixed
[Nietzsche]
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2875
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That which is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil
[Nietzsche]
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2876
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The thought of suicide is a great reassurance on bad nights
[Nietzsche]
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2877
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Morality becomes a problem when we compare many moralities
[Nietzsche]
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2859
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The idea of the categorical imperative is just that we should all be very obedient
[Nietzsche]
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2878
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We see an approximation of a tree, not the full detail
[Nietzsche]
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20134
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Moralities extravagantly address themselves to 'all', by falsely generalising
[Nietzsche]
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2879
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In ancient Rome pity was considered neither good nor bad
[Nietzsche]
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2880
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The greatest possibilities in man are still unexhausted
[Nietzsche]
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22394
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Democracy diminishes mankind, making them mediocre and lowering their value
[Nietzsche]
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2881
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Virtue has been greatly harmed by the boringness of its advocates
[Nietzsche]
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20139
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Only aristocratic societies can elevate the human species
[Nietzsche]
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20373
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A healthy aristocracy has no qualms about using multitudes of men as instruments
[Nietzsche]
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2883
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Noble people see themselves as the determiners of values
[Nietzsche]
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2882
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Morality originally judged people, and actions only later on
[Nietzsche]
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2884
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The morality of slaves is the morality of utility
[Nietzsche]
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20382
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The four virtues are courage, insight, sympathy, solitude
[Nietzsche]
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2885
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The noble soul has reverence for itself
[Nietzsche]
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