What Friedrich Nietzsche thinks about motivation

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German philosopher (1844 to 1900); professor of classical philology at Basel from 1869 to 1879; author of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil and Twilight of the Idols.

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2 dated positions, c. 1878 to 1888, in their own words. Our reading of what Friedrich Nietzsche has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 3 Sept 1888

   Our readingA person should know what they want, and that they want something

   Their wordsA man should know what he desires, and that he desires something.

   ↗Twilight of the Idols (tr. Anthony M. Ludovici, 1911)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book

3. c. 1878

   Our readingMorality results from compulsion obeyed in order to avoid pain

   Their wordsMorality results from compulsion, it is indeed itself one long compulsion to which obedience is rendered in order that pain may be avoided.

   ↗Human, All Too Human (1878; Alexander Harvey translation, 1908)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book