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Full Idea
Once it has taken control of the intellect, every single human drive probably demands to be recognised as the ultimate lord and goal-setter of all human matters.
Gist of Idea
Once a drive controls the intellect, it rules, and sets the goals
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 7[057])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.233
A Reaction
This is the best line of attack against the view I like, that human values arise out of the central functions of human nature. It is roughly the existential objection. Is all intellect controlled by some drive, or can intellect seize control of a drive?
Related Idea
Idea 24117 We need lower and higher drives, but they must be under firm control [Nietzsche]