Life’s essence unifies will-to-life and will-to-power.
Evidence
Schopenhauer’s will to life and Nietzsche’s will to power doubtless lie in the direction of concrete fulfillment of this idea of life; though Schopenhauer feels boundless continuity to be more decisive, Nietzsche stresses more individuality encased in form. What is decisive, however, what constitutes life, is the absolute unity of both. This insight has escaped them, perhaps because they restrict the process of self-transcendence to the activity of the will. Actually, it holds for all dimensions of vital movement. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 824
Categorization
- XREF: Positions Simmel against Schopenhauer and Nietzsche—useful for the essay’s frame of the metropolis as a site where both wills break down into the blasé stance. — connects to: Life’s essence may reduce to the will to exist. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 79; An acceptance of will determines the existence of the universe. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 79; Life’s destructive elements are positive fulfillments within the whole — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 983 (+1 more)
Related
- Life’s essence may reduce to the will to exist. (similarity 0.82)
- Life’s destructive elements are positive fulfillments within the whole (similarity 0.80)
- An acceptance of will determines the existence of the universe. (similarity 0.80)
- In Vitalogy, being reduces first to living, and being itself reduces first to reason. (similarity 0.79)
- Lebensphilosophie claims only life can grasp the truth of life (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Life’s essence may reduce to the will to exist.
#qualifies(0.60) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 79 - An acceptance of will determines the existence of the universe.
#expands(0.50) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 79 - Life’s destructive elements are positive fulfillments within the whole
#complicates(0.40) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 983