The Will to Power, Friedrich Nietzsche
The Will to Power, Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Will to Power
An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrator: James Harrington

Unabridged: 19 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2024

Synopsis

"The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values" by Friedrich Nietzsche delves into the profound philosophical exploration of power as the fundamental driving force in human life. Compiled from Nietzsche's notes, this work presents his radical ideas on morality, culture, and the nature of existence. Nietzsche challenges conventional values, advocating for the re-evaluation of societal norms and the embracement of individual strength and creativity. This provocative text remains a cornerstone of existential and philosophical thought, inspiring deep reflection on the essence of human ambition and purpose.

About Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher and philologist whose best-known works include Thus Spoke Zarathustra; Ecce Homo; Human, All Too Human; and Beyond Good and Evil. Much of his work is characterized by radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth and criticism of traditional ideals of morality. Nietzsche's writings were significant influences on the existentialist, nihilist, and postmodernist schools of thought, as well as on the work of such later writers as Herman Hesse, Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud, and Jean-Paul Sartre.

Reviews

Goodreads review by C. Quabela on December 15, 2014

I think the most important thing to keep in mind when reading “The Will to Power” is that it is NOT a “book” in the proper sense of the term. It is merely a collection of thoughts and scraps that are extensions of previous thoughts, meditations on works that were being fleshed out at that time, and......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on April 24, 2009

It seems to me that the only thing more tragic than the fact that Nietzsche was never able to write the Will to Power, is that this hodgepodge of notes and jottings was mistaken for it. Still I am surprised that so many academics simply accepted all the ludicrous claims that it was his masterpiece.......more

Goodreads review by Joe on January 03, 2011

Comment: Nietzsche makes his world, based on Becoming and Creating, in order to replace (Destroy! God help us!) Plato’s world which was based on Being and Knowing. I should really say Plato’s worlds; after all, Modernity and its various Ideologies are also, for Nietzsche, Platonisms that have descend......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on September 27, 2007

The lack of coherent structure in this work which may delight such lovers of disorder who might like to claim poor Fritz as their own is, in sooth, due to the unfortunate fact that Will to Power was not really written by Nietzsche. His sister, who appears to have gotten the short end of the genius s......more

Goodreads review by Bogdan on May 29, 2024

A dangerous Book, indeed. It is now even more clearly why some Evil Dictators read him, and did what they did. Put this Book in the Wrong Hands, and it will produce all sorts of Malice, Powerful Actions against Humanity, for it's Rich Depth which can aid One into gathering his Strength and produce a......more

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