Full Idea
One must understand all motion, all 'appearances', all 'laws' as mere symptoms of inner events. ...all the functions of animal and organic life can be traced back to the will to power.
Gist of Idea
All motions and 'laws' are symptoms of inner events, traceable to the will to power
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 36[31])
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.26
A Reaction
Nietzsche must be the first philosopher to put inverted commas round the word 'law', referring to nature.
Related Idea
Idea 17206 The essence of a thing is its effort to persevere [Spinoza]