One philosophical idea that has had significant consequences is Nietzche's idea of "will to power," and of expressing that idea.
Nietzche's will to power was his recommendation in the face of a life of lying. Nietzche believed that there is no "pure being"; no gods, no forms, simply no "things". In essence, there is no knowing. One cannot know something, one can only invent it. In doing so, it is lying.
Nietzche considered his "will to power" lying creatively, and lying creatively is O.K., according to Nietzche. …
