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Chapter 4 Love the excellent


Man is a rope tied between the animal and the superman—a rope spanning the abyss.It is dangerous to cross, it is dangerous to walk in it, it is dangerous to look back, it is dangerous to tremble and hesitate in the middle. The greatness of human beings lies in that he is a bridge rather than the goal; the reason why human beings are lovely is that he is a process of leaping and completion. Nietzsche warned people: You should love those who only know how to live for completion, because they are just the ones who cross the process. You should love the great despisers, for they are the great admirers, and the arrows longing for the other side.

You should love the kind of people who don't seek a reason to die and sacrifice outside the planet, but die silently on the earth, hoping that the earth will one day be owned by Superman. You should love the man who lives to know, and at the same time to know so that the Superman may be born, and thus seeks his own fulfillment. You should love the man who works to construct the superman's dwelling place, and who creates to provide the superman with the earth and animals, so he pursues his own destiny. You should love the man who cherishes his morality, for that morality is the will to self-fulfilment and the arrow of longing.

You should love the man who makes no reservations about his spirit, but wishes to moralize his whole spirit, and thus crosses the bridge spiritually. You should love the man who does not covet too much morality, and one kind of morality is often better than two, because that kind of morality is closer to the knot of fate. You should love the man whose soul is extravagant, who neither thanks nor thanks, for he always gives to others and does not keep for himself. You should love the man who is ashamed of winning the dice, because he asks himself: Am I a cheating gambler? —Because he can afford to lose.

You should love the man who speaks first and speaks later, who focuses on practice and does not commit easily, because he pursues his self-fulfillment. You should love the man who affirms the future and redeems the past, because he will die for the present. You should love a soul whose depths are maintained when it is badly wounded, and that even the slightest thing can send him overboard, and he will gladly cross that bridge. You should love him who, because his soul is too rich, forgets himself, and is one with all things, so that all things become his home. You should love the man who is free both in mind and heart, so that his head is but the innards of his heart, and his heart prompts him to complete himself.

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