Nietzsche on Drives
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Daybreak 119 There are so many drives that it is hardly possible to present an image of them in their totality. Their individual nutriment and the laws governing it are hardly known. Therefore their satisfaction must be a work of chance. Some are satisfied, others not. This is evidenced in our dreams which have value insofar as they compensate to some extent for the chance absence of nourishment during the day. Our drives interpret the stimuli we receive. At night they have unbridled freedom in doing so. Whatever drive is hungriest at the time will shape our experience of events. Even our moral judgements and evaluations are only images and fantasies based on a physiological process unknown to us. |
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