Single Idea 23185

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry]

Full Idea

In chemistry is revealed that every substance pushes its force as far as it can, then a third something emerges.

Gist of Idea

In chemistry every substance pushes, and thus creates new substances

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 34[51])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.2


A Reaction

This is the ontology of powers as the basis of science, of which I am a fan. It is Nietzsche's Will to Power in action, which is often mistakenly taken to only refer to human affairs.

Related Idea

Idea 23195 Laws of nature are actually formulas of power relations [Nietzsche]