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On the Genealogy of Morals
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"On the Genealogy of Morals" Quotes

Nietzsche explores the origins and evolution of moral values and their impact on human society.

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The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Friedrich Nietzsche

desiregender

In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man.

Friedrich Nietzsche

revengelovegender

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

Friedrich Nietzsche

emotionsself-control

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

Friedrich Nietzsche

lovearrogance

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.

Friedrich Nietzsche

religionperception

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

Friedrich Nietzsche

christianitymorality

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

Friedrich Nietzsche

existenceirrationality

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Friedrich Nietzsche

purposeresilience

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier, and simpler.

Friedrich Nietzsche

thoughtsfeelings

I teach you the Overman. Man is something that shall be surpassed.

Friedrich Nietzsche

philosophyovercoming