Chapter 70 An Attempt to Revaluate All Values ​​The Will to Power Section II

the will to power attempt to revaluate all values second quarter <760> We are to dispose of the multitude as freely as nature does: for the multitude preserves the species. <966> Unlike animals, man has cultivated within himself a multitude of opposing desires and impulses.By means of this complex, man becomes the master of the earth. ——Morality, in this world full of desires, is an expression of a hierarchical system with regional limitations, so that people will not perish due to the conflict of desires.The dominant desire thus weakens its opposite, transforming it into an impulse which provides the stimulus for the main desire activity.

The most advanced people may also have the most desires, and relatively speaking, they last longer and are also the most advanced.In fact: where vegetatives flourish, one finds a strong relative movement instinct (eg Shakespeare), but in moderation. <983> Cultivate the virtues of rulers which will one day govern their goodwill and sympathy.The morality of the great tamer (forgiving an enemy is child's play), to heighten the creator's desires - no more carving marble! —Try to compare the special status and power position of those people with the princes and nobles of the past, and compare the Caesar of Rome with the spirit of Christ.

<875> Higher people and people of herds.If there are no half-human beings, then we will regard the great men of the previous generation as half-gods or complete gods.Because, the emergence of religion proves that human beings are no longer interested in people ("women can't interest me", in the words of Hamlet), or gather a group of people, hoping that they will play the role of autocratic rule like parliament. Despotism, this is the characteristic of great men: because great men want to fool the common people. <285> I teach you that the herd seeks to preserve one basic type, and to guard against two tendencies, viz., against degenerates of every kind (criminals, etc.), and against the original.Herd animals tend to maintain the status quo; they have no creative spirit in mind.

What the benevolent and upright bring us is a sense of comfort (as opposed to the sense of nervous fear that the great newcomers offer), our own sense of personal security and equality.Because in this respect, the herd beautifies its own herd nature and feels at ease.One has the most beautiful words to describe this "comfortable" judgment--hence "morality". —But the hatred of the herd for all real men is noted. —— <997> I taught that: people are divided into high and low.Someone, perhaps, can justify a millennium of this existence of man—full, full, great perfection on the one hand, and a myriad of imperfect, unsound beings on the other.

<984> Greatness of soul is inseparable from greatness of spirit.For greatness of soul involves independence; but greatness of soul would not be permitted without greatness of spirit.The latter can cause disaster, even with good intentions and a sense of justice.Inferior spirits are to be obeyed—for there is no greatness in them. <602> This vista world, which is false to sight, touch, and hearing, is false even to the more sensitive organs.But if we improve our organs, the recognizability, generality, feasibility, and beauty of the world begin to disappear.Just like looking back at the process of history, the sense of beauty does not exist.The choreography of purpose is itself an illusion.Enough is enough, the more superficial and crude we understand, the more valuable, accurate, beautiful and meaningful the world will appear.The deeper we penetrate, the further our valuations drop--to the point of meaninglessness!We are the ones who created this valuable world!To realize this is to realize that the reverence of truth is the result of illusion—and to recognize that the power to create, simplify, shape, and invent far more than truth should be revered.

"Everything is fake! Do anything!" Only when the gaze is glazed, and the hope is simple, does the beautiful and the worthy appear: perhaps it is. <495> If the commandment "Thou shalt not be deceived" be refuted, truth would have to justify itself before another court—as a means of preservation, as a will to power. ① See the "Bible": "Li Min Ji · Cases of Precepting the People". - translator As much as we love beauty, it is also a creative will.Both meanings go hand in hand; the real meaning is a means to power for the purpose of creating things to our liking.A love of creating and reinventing - a primal love!We can only know the world we have made with our own hands.

<1046> 1.To keep our senses firmly guarded, to keep faith in them - and to accept their logical judgments!The hostility of philosophy to the senses is by far the greatest absurdity of man! 2.We gladly go on building the existing world, in which all earthly beings live, as it is now (persistently, slowly moving)—we have no intention of treating it as a sham! 3.Our estimates aid the construction process; they serve as accents.All religions say: "Everything is bad, false, evil!" Such an attack on the whole process can only come from the mouth of a scum! 4.Of course, the scum suffers the most and is therefore the most sensitive!Are contented people worthless?

5.We must understand the fundamental phenomenon of art, which is called "life" - the creative spirit, which creates under the most adverse circumstances: in the slowest way - must first reproduce the evidence of all its combinations : because it persists. <178> A leader may be insignificant - like a match, nothing more! <940> The doctrine of inexorableness, it is necessary to seek advice from the strong and powerful—not from the mediocre.Temperance and self-cultivation are but one step in height: the "golden nature" stands still higher. "You shall" obey unconditionally, that is what Stoicism, Christianity and the Arab Order, and Kant's philosophy say (it doesn't matter whether you obey your superiors or concepts).

What is higher than "you should" is "I want" (hero); what is higher than "I want" is "I am" (ancient Greek gods). The gods of the savages say nothing of any interest in scale—they are neither simple, nor easy, nor intemperate. <999> Hierarchy: He who determines values ​​and directs the will of the millennium is the highest man, and his method is to guide the highest nature of man. <870> The root of all ills: resignation, chastity, selflessness, and absolute obedience.The morality of these slaves has triumphed.Therefore, the nature of domination is denounced as: 1.Hypocrisy; 2.Taste of conscience—the creative nature thinks that it has offended God, is terrified all day long, and is bound by eternal values.

Savages show that they are incapable of temperance.For they fear and curse the passions and desires of nature--so do kings and classes rule over men.On the other hand, doubt arises whether all abstinence is a sign of weakness, or the beginning of old age and weariness (thus La Roosevelt also doubts that "virtue" exists in those whom vice has no longer any pleasure in). People there, is it also a beautiful word).Temperance itself signifies hardship, self-imposition, asceticism, a struggle against demons, and so on.The natural delight in the aesthetic nature of sobriety, the enjoyment of sober beauty, is ignored or denied because people want an anti-euphoric morality.

It has hitherto been disbelieved that temperance brings joy—that is, the joy of a knight on a galloping horse!To confuse the moderation of the weak nature with the moderation of the strong! In a word: the best things are profaned, because the weak, or presumptuous pigs, cast a shadow over them—the best are lost—and they often misunderstand themselves.