For Nietzsche, destiny keeps the form of Amor fati (Love of Fate) through the important element of Nietzsche's philosophy, the will to power (der Wille zur Macht ), the basis of human behavior, influenced by the Will to Live of Schopenhauer.

For such is our natural horror of death Likewise, Schopenhauer believed that as soon as the terrors of life reach a point at which they outweigh the terrors of death, a man will put an end to his life.