Will To Power As Individual Action
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Will To Power As Individual Action
The road to radical individualism: the keys to the self, can only be experienced or realized while one is alone. While the herd man follows 'rational' conventions which dilutes individuality, there is no harmony between "truth" and the existential individual.
The discovery of the self is an irrational and dangerous process.
In Nietzsche there is an equivalence between the existentially existing self (the development of violent energies and action in the potential promise of the human will) on the one hand, and what can be described as a metaphysical form of flux on the other hand. 'Will' is the Dionysian composition of metaphysical flux connected to the inner soul of the philosopher.
For Nietzsche the intense generation of a violent will to power on a cosmic scale is not amenable by rational argument but is a condition of human individuality,
If the universe is ultimately a changeless, eternal, universal realm of immutable reason then the individual, because he is individual, must act out the disunity of universal reason. There is no choice. He must defy the 'order of nature' in order to exist as himself.
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Re: Will To Power As Individual Action
Then there can be no;
In a 'changeless' Universe/Reality, there can be no 'motion' other than as a 'mirage'.act(-ing) out...
No act-ing. The only '-ing' that is possible, is 'Be-ing'! *__-
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The question for me is: is original action possible? If it is, then the individual actually destroys; actually will destroy the present orders in due course.
Do we resolve that paradox by taking the side of individual actuality or do we rest on faith?
Do you believe that you can actually be destroyed?
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Re: Will To Power As Individual Action
By it's very nature Truth must be unchanging (unconditional, transcendental)!PublicCola6 wrote: ↑April 1st, 2018, 9:21 am Yes, you are right. Sorry about that. There seems to be two choices: either truth is unchanging or it is fluid. Both carry philosophical difficulties.
Truth is ALL inclusive!
I see no valid philosophical difficulty with 'unchanging', at all.
'Fluidity' is (conditional, relative) completely untenable, scientifically and philosophically.
The question for me is: is original action possible?
You know those 'rotoscopes' (I think that's what they are called)?
They are circular with a number of photos or drawings on frames within. When viewing from a static position (Perspective), and spinning the scope, motion and time and 'fluidity' appears.
To which of those photos would you attribute "originality"... or "action"?
Those photos are these moments of existence.
Those photos all exist simultaneously, just as these moments do!
Unchanging! *__-
Depends what you mean by 'you'.Do you believe that you can actually be destroyed?
I (We) manifest existence with the Universe, and will become unmanifest with the Universe! *__-
We transcend the moment of existence.
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You think that out of the infinity of space and the eternities of time you can prove that you hold the truth? You will be the first such person in such a history! And, as I have said, if you do prove the truth it would be the end of philosophy!
That is a charming metaphor! But it says nothing about metaphysical truth or the apparently organic nature of the Cosmos. Sub-atomic particles are more basic, scientifically speaking, and they do not comprise, as individuals, a realm of Platonic Forms. Nominalism, or Heraclitus-ism, whatever you wish to call it, will never be disproved.
You know those 'rotoscopes' (I think that's what they are called)?
They are circular with a number of photos or drawings on frames within. When viewing from a static position (Perspective), and spinning the scope, motion and time and 'fluidity' appears.
To which of those photos would you attribute "originality"... or "action"?
Those photos are these moments of existence.
Those photos all exist simultaneously, just as these moments do!
Unchanging! *__-
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PublicCola6 wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2018, 12:06 pm Just because you think something is 'valid' doesn't make it true.
I have already noted, all over this site, that 'Truth!' is ALL inclusive!
When discussing a topic in a philosophical context, then our limitations on 'validity' fall within the boundaries of science and philosophy.
That is why the lists of 'logical fallacies', to keep us within 'rational/logical context.
Want fallacies, go speak with 'believers'! There is no place for the psychologically symptomatic pseudo-logic of belief validation in a philosophical discussion.
This is not the place for fallacy.
They can within a logical context.Logical propositions cannot be 'grounded'
; truth can never be 'proven'.
Neither science nor philosophy 'prove' anything!
There is no difference between a personally "accepted proof/facts" and a 'belief infection';
"New study of the brain shows that facts and beliefs are processed in exactly the same way."
http://www.newsweek.com/id/216551?from=rss
I really don't know what you are on about.You think that out of the infinity of space and the eternities of time you can prove that you hold the truth? You will be the first such person in such a history! And, as I have said, if you do prove the truth it would be the end of philosophy!
Why does it bother you so much that I might have an 'answer', to which you have yet to address and refute.
I couldn't care less that you don't 'like' what I might write, if you are capable of logical and evidential refutation, then you'll have my attention, but whining about how I might 'sound' to you is not what this discussion is about.
And attacking the person (credibility or otherwise) is called an ad-hom fallacy. An idiot virus in a rational discussion.
Now, what is it, exactly, that has your panties all in a twist?
That is a charming metaphor! But it says nothing about metaphysical truth
You know those 'rotoscopes' (I think that's what they are called)?
They are circular with a number of photos or drawings on frames within. When viewing from a static position (Perspective), and spinning the scope, motion and time and 'fluidity' appears.
To which of those photos would you attribute "originality"... or "action"?
Those photos are these moments of existence.
Those photos all exist simultaneously, just as these moments do!
Unchanging! *__-
Yes, it is a charming metaphor, but your response indicates that you know nothing of any metaphysical Reality/Truth.
Your inability to comprehend is not my problem.
"All 'meaning' exists in the eye/thoughts/ego of the beholder!"
or the apparently organic nature of the Cosmos.
So, a chunk of quartz is, according to you, 'organic'?
Perhaps you want to look up the word.
There is not anything "apparently organic" about the Universe, other than little bitty bits, and, ultimately, metaphysically, there is not anything 'organic' about Us!
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Re: Will To Power As Individual Action
PublicCola6 wrote: ↑March 31st, 2018, 1:13 pm In Nietzsche there is an equivalence between the existentially existing self (the development of violent energies and action in the potential promise of the human will) on the one hand, and what can be described as a metaphysical form of flux on the other hand. 'Will' is the Dionysian composition of metaphysical flux connected to the inner soul of the philosopher.
For Nietzsche the intense generation of a violent will to power on a cosmic scale is not amenable by rational argument but is a condition of human individuality,
You need to go back to the drawing board buddy; because it is clear that you don't understand what Neitzsche actually meant by his famous thesis of "The Will to Power".
The german translation of "The Will to Power" is "Der Wille zur Macht".
The german work "Macht" does not mean "power" in the sense that term is used in classical physics where power is directly related to force; i.e; in the context of things like: engine power, jet power, horsepower, a powerhouse, electrical power or lots of what you refer to as "violent energies". The German term for the kind of "power" you are talking about is " Kraft".
But I'm not going to do your homework for you. It's up to you to do some research and work out for yourself the nature distinction Nictzsche is making between power as "Macht" and power as "Kraft". That is what's the difference Nietzsche had in mind between "Der Wille zur Macht" ( which is what he actually wrote) and "Der Wille zur Kraft" ( which he did not) ?
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