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Friedrich Nietzsche

“Physiologists should think before putting down the instinct of self-preservation as the cardinal instinct of an organic being. A living thing seeks above all to discharge its strength--life itself is will to power; self-preservation is only one of the indirect and most frequent results.”

Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
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Beyond Good and Evil Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
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