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Full Idea
In chemistry is revealed that every substance pushes its force as far as it can, then a third something emerges.
Gist of Idea
In chemistry every substance pushes, and thus creates new substances
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 34[51])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.2
A Reaction
This is the ontology of powers as the basis of science, of which I am a fan. It is Nietzsche's Will to Power in action, which is often mistakenly taken to only refer to human affairs.
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