Single Idea 7164

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism]

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]