Full Idea
What a sensation of freedom it is to feel, as we freed spirits feel, that we are not harnessed up to a system of 'ends'!
Gist of Idea
Not feeling harnessed to a system of 'ends' is a wonderful feeling of freedom
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 02[206])
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.99
A Reaction
Given his view that we are utterly dominated by the 'will to power', I am beginning to wonder in what sense we could ever be 'free'. If my happiness is an 'illusion' (Idea 7159), then I retaliate by saying that his freedom is also an illusion.
Related Idea
Idea 7159 The only happiness is happiness with illusion [Nietzsche]