Monday, October 7, 2013
Will to Power, Reflection, Miscegenation, Pragmatism
In #36 of Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche derives the Will to Power as a general principle from its original formulation as a Psychological hypothesis. However, the passage leaves unexamined how the principle applies to his discovery of it, a moment which some characterize as 'Reflection'. Instead, such a concept of Reflection can be derived from his later advocacy of Miscegenation. For, deliberate interbreeding, as a means to the generation of superior beings, harnesses the Will to Power qua the procreative drive. Thus, the advocacy of Miscegenation is a manifestation of the overcoming of Self-Overcoming, and, hence, of the Will to Power as applied to itself. But, that harnessing is constituted by the implementation of a theory. Thus, the Will to Power concept of Reflection can be classified as 'Pragmatist'.
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