Full Idea
There is no such thing as 'willing', but only willing something: one must not remove the aim from the total condition - as epistemologists do. 'Willing' as they understand it is as little a reality as 'thinking': it is a pure fiction.
Gist of Idea
There is no such things a pure 'willing' on its own; the aim must always be part of it
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §668)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.353
A Reaction
This is parallel to the common modern assertion that emotions also have intentional content, and cannot be understood as having a 'pure' identity.