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Ideas for 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', 'On the Ultimate Origination of Things' and 'Elements of Intuitionism'

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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

18299	The will is constantly frustrated by the past [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: Powerless against that which has been done, the will is an angry spectator of all things past. The will cannot will backwards; that it cannot break time and time's desire - that is the will's most lonely affliction.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 2.20)

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

19343	We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: In practical affairs one always follows the decision rule in accordance with which one ought to seek the maximum or the minimum: namely, one prefers the maximum effect at the minimum cost, so to speak.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (On the Ultimate Origination of Things [1697], p.150)
	A reaction: Animals probably do that too, and even water sort of obeys the rule when it runs downhill.