 How is his picture on that different from predecessors like Hume? Some people think it's in the Stoics. Nietzsche says the desire for freedom of the will involves nothing less than to pull oneself up into existence by the hair. Seems very Dennett style. Schopenhauer says humans can do what they will, but they can't will what they will. Right. So you're free to choose between chocolate and vanilla ice cream, but you can't reprogram your own desire. So you suddenly like vanilla ice.