Classics of Western Thought and Culture -- Nietzsche's Proverbs

Author: Zhang Xiuzhang
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: From this perspective, my life is truly astonishing. To reevaluate various values, perhaps extraordinary talent is required; especially those talents that are not yet in mutual contradiction and lack destructive opposition. The ability to maintain distance; the technique of not creating hostile separation; not mixing anything or harmonizing anything; diverse yet each fulfilling its own role—these are all innate instincts, and the long-term secret workings and techniques of my innate nature. Wherever we are and whatever moral we face, we always find people assessing human desires and behaviors and categorizing them into ranks. This actually represents the needs of a group—what is beneficial to them, what comes first, what is second, and what is third. This is also the highest value standard for individuals. Individuals are taught by morality to become part of the group's function, and their value lies in that group function. Since the conditions for preserving a group vary from group to group, there are vastly different moralities. Currently, various groups, nations, and societies are undergoing tremendous changes, so it can be predicted that various misguided and unconventional moralities will emerge.