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New to Penguin Classics, The Will to Power contains some of Nietzsche's most fascinating and combative writings on nihilism, metaphysics and the future of Europe.

Represents a selection from Nietzche's notebooks to find out what he wrote on nihilism, art, morality, religion, and the theory of knowledge, among others. Nietzsche's notebooks, kept by him during his most productive years, offer a fascinating glimpse into the workshop and mind... Read Full Overview

The Will to Power (German: Der Wille zur Macht) is a book of notes drawn from the literary remains of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche by his sister Elisabeth F?rster-Nietzsche and Peter Gast (Heinrich K?selitz). The title derived from a work that Nietzsche himself had considered... Read Full Overview

The will to power is a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power describes what Nietzsche may have believed to be the main driving force in humans - achievement, ambition, and the striving to reach the highest possible position in life. These... Read Full Overview

First released in 1901, about one year after Nietzsche's death, "The Will to Power" is a collection of Nietzsche's unedited and unpublished writings. Though the title and all of the ideas are of the radical philosopher's own invention, the order and selection of Nietzsche's...

Heralds the decline of modern Western civilization. In this book, nihilism - the uncanny and pervasive feeling that life is devoid of all meaning, purpose, and value - is subjected to a thoroughgoing and multifaceted examination.

Throughout his career, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche explored the concept of the will to power, interpreting it variously as a psychological, biological, and metaphysical principle. This posthumously produced volume, drawn from his unpublished notebooks, collects the nineteenth-century... Read Full Overview

"La Volont? de puissance" de Friedrich Nietzsche. Friedrich Nietzsche, philosophe allemand (1844-1900).

Dans la veine de son c l bre Cr puscule des Idoles, ce recueil d'aphorismes qui ne fut jamais achev par l'auteur - le projet initial fut abandonn en 1888 - visait exposer l'ensemble de sa doctrine dans un ouvrage synth tique. L'existence m me de ce livre suscita de vives... Read Full Overview