Strength

Strength is represented in our culture both physically and mentally. I believe it is easier for people to show that they are strong by physique because it easier to work on than any strength that would be pulled from the inside. Mental strength is represented as strength that will get you through life because the confidence and drive that we create for ourselves builds us as people. Both physical and mental strength are represented as qualities that we use from day to day, but our physical strength can only get us so far whereas our focused, positive views on anything that we drive towards, can lead us to anything.

Nietzsche represents strength as the will to what is desired. The person who starts new or clean has the right to make their own choices for themselves. It is when a person chooses not to act and or fails to do what they that a person becomes weak. One might think that this strength is selfishness, but I believe Nietzsche represents that strength as the ability to admit that we want and desire, and that we have the right to act on those feelings.

Matthew