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This chapter explores the dialectic between pleasure and suffering as vital to Nietzsche’s concept of power. Suffering is not to be avoided but embraced as a condition for self-overcoming and creativity. Against Stoic and Christian asceticism, Nietzsche sees suffering as the fuel for the will to power and artistic vitality. Art transforms emotional turmoil into spiritual elevation, with adversity serving as a crucible for inner strength. The artist, shaped by struggle, transcends comfort and mediocrity, embodying the highest expression of life’s dynamic tension through renewal and creation.

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Creation as Self-Overcoming on Pleasure, Suffering, and Power

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    2025年

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  • Eitan Machter

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This chapter explores the dialectic between pleasure and suffering as vital to Nietzsche’s concept of power. Suffering is not to be avoided but embraced as a condition for self-overcoming and creativity. Against Stoic and Christian asceticism, Nietzsche sees suffering as the fuel for the will to power and artistic vitality. Art transforms emotional turmoil into spiritual elevation, with adversity serving as a crucible for inner strength. The artist, shaped by struggle, transcends comfort and mediocrity, embodying the highest expression of life’s dynamic tension through renewal and creation.