Favorite Quotes from "Beyond Good and Evil"

"Beyond Good and Evil" by Nietzsche. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from the book.

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[Quantumx3000]

Nietzsche, if you actually understood what he was saying, is not a fun read. It is a depressing, horrifying book. The implications of this book are that, if there is nothing but the Will to Power, morals no longer exist. Every action, despite what we feel motivates us, is only our desire for domination.

[NihilistCounterOrder]

The warlike man or the free spirit, attempter, etc, can no longer fight and release his power externally on the grounds of passionate intellectualism, change, and a desire to break the chains of other free spirits or types like himself, the warrior increases his aatcks on himself destroying and rebuilding his own perspectives, perceptions, ideas, etc...he turns in on himself, which could be a great thing as it is what the free spirit does,

[tombeddoe]

You cannot extract maxims from Nietzsche. You must read the whole collection. His project (I think) centers around the theodicy, that is, the question of evil. He is not the self-aggrandizing fool that he's been made out to be. Will to Power is not an ethos; at least not Nietzsche's!

[alifeofreason]

Throw away the Rand and pick up the Nietzsche.

[coolblackdead]

hi warlike man sets upon himself in peaceful time. those who are aggressive in nature feel lack of opportunity in peaceful time and they become masochistic in nature. even there show of peace is by being harsh on themselves they go fasting or become extremely ascetic.

[westogoods]

@Quantumx3000 i realize you posted that comment three years ago, but i disagree. it's really only depressing if you think about it in that negative light. i think what nietzsche has to say is incredibly empowering--even if every thought or action i do is an effort to gain power over something; I don't care. at least i know i have power over what i do (and schopenhauer once said we don't have the power over what we want) and there are no limits to anything. who needs morality or some stupid code

[doughboycod2]

@MultiErgoproxy haha I see. We both have to be high to communicate it lol :D.

[MultiErgoproxy]

@doughboycod2 definitely not, getting stoned just breaks down the mental barriers to comprehending philosophy (inmmy opinion) its clears all the psychological clutter and its fun. idk, can't do the description justice. It's just easy. lol

[doughboycod2]

@MultiErgoproxy Well you are more intelligent than me. It was a difficult read for me to dive into and understand.

[MultiErgoproxy]

@doughboycod2 I read the first chapter while high off my ass, I felt it was easy to understand.

[MultiErgoproxy]

@rbilkie Is that the interpretation of the quote? I always thought it meant that in times of peace a war-like man will destroy himself, because he has no enemy, he will try to find an enemy. I think that if a war-like man were to improve, it'd be to become greater in his hawkishness. He will improve his insatiable appetite for war. If "overcoming" were to mean becoming peaceful, for the war-like man, wouldn't that mean he is worsening not improving?

[doughboycod2]

@guacho123srk Its a good book but a hard read.