Fundamental will of the spirit#
Summary#
The fundamental will of the spirit is that imperious something which wishes to be master internally and externally, possessing the will of a multiplicity for simplicity. It reveals itself through a strong tendency to assimilate the new to the old, simplify the manifold, and overlook contradictions, with the feeling of increased power as its object. This same will also embraces an apparently opposed impulse toward selective ignorance, arbitrary shutting out, and contentment with obscurity, all necessary according to the spirit’s digestive power.