This footnote is wrong. Nietzsche here negates the will itself, not the "freedom of will". This doesn't mean he negates will to power. These are two separate things: the former is like a direction, the latter more like inner energy or Jung's libido (which overflows in whatever way). (Will to power could perhaps be translated as velocity in gaining power, the latter in a meaning similar to physical.) The difference is better shown in La Gaya Scienza sect. 360. So he negates will (consciousness!) as cause, for this is a false unity (like with 'will to truth' or 'will to go out for a walk' or whatever). It is only our interpretation; he repeats this in The Antichrist sect. 14, where he spots individual short stimulis (and perhaps man's character formed in specific conditions) as real causes. Nietzschean criticism is deeper than just refusing the idea of free will, he negates the old psychology that sees everywhere a will (and if there is no man with such conscious will, it certainly must be the will of God...). section 3 - translator's footnote adx 2007-06-25 10:24:39 2007-06-25 10:24:39 5 1 5.00