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Nietzsche seems to place a high value on the individuals strong enough to be autonomous, but he also denies the concept of free will and stresses necessity rather than freedom. In this way, Nietzsche's brief and dispersed remarks on freedom seem to be non-definitive and allow various interpretations, as his statements appear inconsistent. I argue that to understand Nietzsche's idea of freedom we have to consider a certain line of thought in the ancient philosophical context, which takes freedom in congruity or harmony with nature, before the Christian notion of will dominates the discussion of freedom. In this line of thought, having many options or alternatives to choose from does not mean being free but means being deficient and not knowing what is good for oneself. Here one is viewed as free when they act by necessity of their nature for the sake of their own good. This thought is also expressed in Nietzsche’s view of freedom.

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