Nietzsche On The Genealogy Of Morals Summary

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In order to decide whether Nietzsche would agree with Marx on what constitutes human emancipation it is important to decide what Nietzsche thinks about human nature. In “On the Genealogy of Morals” Nietzsche discusses what he believes drives people, a will to power. “…In all events a will to power is operating” (Nietzsche, p.78). A persons will to power is the force that drives them to do things that help them attain a feeling a power, and also the attempt to enforce ones will onto another person. Nietzsche believed people were born with this will and that it is unchanging. He does think that the state plays a role in trying to suppress this instinct in the people as stated in on The Genealogy of Morals, “thus the essence of life, its will