Full Idea
There is a logic in all of a great man's activities, hard to survey because of its length .... he has the ability to extend his will across great stretches of his life.
Gist of Idea
There is an extended logic to a great man's life, achieved by a sustained will
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §962 (1885))
A Reaction
This looks very close to Nietzsche's moral ideal - that one creates a life in impeccable taste, like a great work of art, by deliberately training one's nature, like a gardener. He talks of it as having 'style' in character.
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.505
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