What is power? (And why it is ability, not a weapon)
What if power isn't about control, but ability? An introduction to power as the fundamental currency of existence itself.
Power
A collection of resources on the topic of power
Definition
Learn the definition of power, its etymology, common and essential meanings, along with its philosophical implications.
Core tenets
- Koan 70.1: Least resistance
- Koan 70.2: Power as latent ability
- Koan 70.3: Regulating power
- Koan 70.4: Corruption of power
- Koan 70.5: Power to adapt
- Koan 70.6: The power to transform
- Koan 70.7: The want of power
Articles
On power: the currency of existence.
This article traces the history of power from Vedic shakti and Daoist de through Machiavelli, Hobbes, Nietzsche, and Foucault—then offers a radical reframing. A student-friendly guide on the context of power as 'ability'.
Friedrich Nietzsche: a CRUP-OMAF case study
CRUP-OMAF assessment of Friedrich Nietzsche's ontology: evaluating completeness, robustness, usefulness and potential.
Friedrich Nietzsche: a comparative analysis with the CoD
Nietzsche reduces all relationality to an expression of a single, monolithic competitive drive. But what if he only had it half right?
Laws and causation
Are 'laws' emergent summaries of power exchange?
What's wrong with democracy?
Why competitive electoral systems don't produce democratic results.
Power as Pattern
An ontological comparison of chemistry, light and electricity.