The Will to Power
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The Will to Power is a posthumously compiled collection of Friedrich Nietzsche’s notes that explores his controversial philosophical concept of power as the fundamental driving force of human behavior and reality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Der Wille zur Macht | 1 |
| The Will to Power canonical | 1 |
| The Will to Power (English edition) | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Will to Power Context triple: [will to power, associatedWithWork, The Will to Power]
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A.
The Gay Science
The Gay Science is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that explores themes such as the death of God, the affirmation of life, and the origins of moral values in a series of aphorisms and poetic reflections.
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B.
Twilight of the Idols
"Twilight of the Idols" is a late philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche in which he sharply critiques traditional morality, religion, and German culture in a concise, aphoristic style.
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C.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical novel by Friedrich Nietzsche that presents his ideas on the Übermensch, the death of God, and the revaluation of values through the speeches of the prophet Zarathustra.
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D.
Übermensch
The Übermensch is Nietzsche’s ideal of a higher type of human who creates their own values and meaning beyond conventional morality and religion.
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E.
On the Genealogy of Morality
On the Genealogy of Morality is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that critically examines the historical origins and value of moral concepts such as guilt, bad conscience, and ressentiment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Will to Power Target entity description: The Will to Power is a posthumously compiled collection of Friedrich Nietzsche’s notes that explores his controversial philosophical concept of power as the fundamental driving force of human behavior and reality.
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A.
The Gay Science
The Gay Science is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that explores themes such as the death of God, the affirmation of life, and the origins of moral values in a series of aphorisms and poetic reflections.
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B.
Twilight of the Idols
"Twilight of the Idols" is a late philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche in which he sharply critiques traditional morality, religion, and German culture in a concise, aphoristic style.
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C.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical novel by Friedrich Nietzsche that presents his ideas on the Übermensch, the death of God, and the revaluation of values through the speeches of the prophet Zarathustra.
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D.
Übermensch
The Übermensch is Nietzsche’s ideal of a higher type of human who creates their own values and meaning beyond conventional morality and religion.
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E.
On the Genealogy of Morality
On the Genealogy of Morality is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that critically examines the historical origins and value of moral concepts such as guilt, bad conscience, and ressentiment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of notes
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philosophical work ⓘ posthumous work ⓘ |
| author | Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
critique of Christian morality
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interpretation of reality as will to power ⓘ power as fundamental drive ⓘ revaluation of values ⓘ |
| compiledFrom |
Nietzsche’s notebooks
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Nietzsche’s notebooks ⓘ
surface form:
Nietzsche’s unpublished notes
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| controversy |
editorial reliability
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faithfulness to Nietzsche’s intentions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| editor |
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
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Heinrich Köselitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Gast ⓘ |
| expandedEditionPublicationDate | 1906 ⓘ |
| genre |
existential philosophy
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metaphysics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation |
The Will to Power
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Will to Power (English edition)
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| hasPart |
aphorisms
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fragments ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century continental philosophy
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critical theory ⓘ existentialism ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Beyond Good and Evil
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On the Genealogy of Morality ⓘ Thus Spoke Zarathustra ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
morality
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nihilism ⓘ philosophy of life ⓘ power ⓘ value creation ⓘ will to power ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Will to Power
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Der Wille zur Macht
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| philosophicalTradition | continental philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1901 ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
eternal recurrence
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Übermensch ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Ecce Homo
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The Antichrist ⓘ Twilight of the Idols ⓘ |
| structure | thematically arranged notes ⓘ |
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Subject: The Will to Power Description of subject: The Will to Power is a posthumously compiled collection of Friedrich Nietzsche’s notes that explores his controversial philosophical concept of power as the fundamental driving force of human behavior and reality.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Der Wille zur Macht
this entity surface form:
The Will to Power (English edition)