Full Idea
'Drive' is only a translation from the language of nonfeeling into the language of feeling. 'Will' is what is communicated to our feelings as a result of that process - in other words an effect, and not the beginning and cause.
Gist of Idea
Drives make us feel non-feelings; Will is the effect of those feelings
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 7[025])
A Reaction
This shows the link between his central idea of 'drives' in psychology, and the actions that result. Effectively this makes all our actions arise from the unconscious. Intention and choice are effectively epiphenomena.
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.224
Related Idea
Idea 23191 Minds have an excluding drive to scare things off, and a selecting one to filter facts [Nietzsche]