876.1864.To be alive—is Power—
Variant A signed “Emily” and sent to Sue.
To be alive, is power –
Existence – in itself –
Without a further function –
Omnipotence – Enough –
To be alive – and Will –
‘Tis able as a God –
The Further of Ourselves, be what –
Such being Finitude?
Variant B to Fascicle 39
To be alive—is Power—
Existence—in itself—
Without a further function—
Omnipotence—Enough—
To be alive—and Will!
‘Tis able as a God—
The Maker—of Ourselves—be what—
Such being Finitude!
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My interpretation of Variant B of F876, ‘To be alive—is Power—’:
Stanza 1
To be alive—is Power—
Existence—in itself—
Without a further function—
Omnipotence—Enough—
S1
To be alive is power. Existence in itself, with no further function, is omnipotence enough.
Stanza 2.
To be alive—and Will!
‘Tis able as a God—
The Maker—of Ourselves—be what—
Such being Finitude! [Subject to limitations.]
S2.
To be alive and able to will! That’s as able as any God. We are the maker of ourselves, we can be whatever we want, limited only by physical reality.
Nietzschean, nicht war?