Chapter 72 An Attempt to Revaluate All Values ​​The Will to Power Section Four

the will to power attempt to revaluate all values fourth quarter <94> Chivalry is a position earned by power.With the disintegration of this spirit (partially transferred into wider and more civic areas), I saw in La Roosevelt a recognition of the real impulses of the noble temperament--and the dark Christianity's response to these impulses. poor evaluation. The French Revolution perpetuated Christianity.Rousseau is a liar: for once again he has liberated women.Since then, the depictions of women have become more and more interesting—suffering.Then slaves and Mrs. Beecher-Stowe; then the poor and working men.Then there are the vices and the sick - all of whom are brought to the fore (for five hundred years geniuses have been portrayed as bearers in order to get people to support them).Then there is the curse on all pleasures (Baudelaire and Schopenhauer); insisting that the desire for power is the greatest evil, that morality is equal to incorruptibility is absolutely true; "the happiness of all" is a goal worth fighting for (It is the Kingdom of Christ).We are on the bright road leading to this goal: because the spiritual kingdom of the poor has opened. — The intermediate ladder: the bourgeoisie (the result of the upstarts) and the worker (the result of the machinery).

①Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - a representative of the Enlightenment in France in the 18th century, a pioneer of democrats and bourgeois revolution, author of "Emile" and so on. - translator ② Harriet Beecher-Stowe (1812-1896) - American female writer, advocated the emancipation of black slaves, and wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin". - translator Compare Greek culture with French civilization in the time of Louis XIV.The former is steadfast in its belief in itself, the latter is the idler class who puts itself in trouble because the latter is accustomed to self-denial.Formal power creates its own will.Happiness, considered the purpose.Behind the etiquette lies power and energy.Enjoy a seemingly easy life - to the French, the Greeks are like children.

<506> First Image—Must account for the formation of the image in memory.Then there are the words used to describe the image.Finally, a concept is formed, and only when vocabulary is produced can a concept be born—many pictures are gathered together to become a non-intuitive and audible totality (vocabulary). The little emotion brought by the "vocabulary" is similar to the scenery in the picture, and it is expressed in one word. —These simple emotions are the basis of commonality, that is, of concepts.These feeble emotions should be regarded as the same thing, the same ground.In judging these passions, therefore, these two near emotions are easily confused;--yet who is to judge?In every emotion faith is central.For affirmation is the first act of wisdom! "Taking things seriously" is the beginning!However, we still have to explain where "really" comes from!What kind of amazing move is hidden under the word "true"?

<958> I am writing for an unborn being: "Masters of the Earth". Plato's "Theaetetus" has this sentence: "Whoever is among us, if possible, wants to be the master of mankind; if possible, it is best to be God." Belief. Britons, Americans and Russians— <982> We should learn in war: 1.Linking death to the interests we fight for - this makes us admirable; 2.We must learn to make sacrifices and value our cause to the extent that we don't spare our lives; 3.We must enforce ruthless discipline and allow ourselves to use violence and subterfuge in warfare.

<1029a> I have advanced the realization of something so terrible that all "Epicurean pleasure" is impossible.Here only the desire of Dionysus comes into play: I am the first to discover such a tragic thing.The Greeks, misunderstood it because of its superficiality. ① Epicurus (341-271 BC) - ancient Greek philosopher, representative of Stoicism. - translator <908> We can imagine that a lot of work needs to be done before acting.In general, however, careful exploration of existing conditions is the best and most practical course of action.An unprecedented strongman is a prerequisite for the creation of actual conditions, as is the case with chance.Carrying out and realizing personal ideals is our top priority.

People who understand that human nature is the source of the most noble example of human beings tremble in the face of human beings and do nothing. This is the result of Chen Chen Xiangyin's evaluation! Man's nature is evil, and I take comfort in hearing this: for it secures <31> There have been times in history that were more thoughtful and less thoughtful than ours.For example, the era when Buddha was born.At that time the people themselves, after centuries of sectarian quarrels, were plunged into the abyss of philosophic controversy, as the nations of Europe were momentarily plunged into religious dogma.At least one will be deluded by "literatures and newspapers" and exaggerated about our "spirit of the age"; and the numerous spiritualists and Christianity, characterized by various British inventions, and associated with unsightly gymnastic training, provide more novel point of view.

The fact that European pessimism is still naive is a counter-evidence.Pessimism has not yet reached the level of hunger it once achieved in India, the glassy stare of nothingness.Because, it is still too "off-the-shelf" rather than "evolved" thing, too pedantic, poetic pessimism.I mean, most of it is invented, made up and so called "created", not "caused". <57> My friends!When we were young, times were hard: we even lived through youth as if it were a serious illness.It is the age in which we were born—an age of internal decay and disintegration.This age is deliberately hostile to the youth.Disintegration, that is to say, instability, characterizes this age: nothing is solid, grounded in firm belief; everyone lives for tomorrow, because the day after tomorrow is doubtful, and on our track, Everything is unreliable and dangerous, and the ice surface that carries us has become so thin that we have a premonition of the warm wind melting the ice and snow—where we have traveled, In a blink of an eye, there is no one left!

<128> I haven't found a reason to be discouraged yet.A person who acquires and maintains a strong will is also an open-minded person.Opportunities are more favorable now than ever before.The reason is that, in democratic Europe, the docility of everyone has become very large.People who don't study hard are also people who go with the situation. This is a rule: the clever herd has already filled Chen.People who give orders, for example, I think of Napoleon and Bismarck, they will find people who follow their orders.It is useless to struggle against a strong and savage will, for there are too many obstacles.Weak-minded "objective" gentlemen like Ranke and Renan can be knocked down by anyone!

① Ernst Renan (1923-1892) - French philosopher, historian and religious theorist, author of "The Future of Science", "Research on the History of Religion" and so on. - translator <420> I have no intention of convincing anyone to embrace philosophy, for it is necessary and perhaps desirable to say that philosophers should be a rare plant.Nothing repells me more than didactic praise of philosophy, as Seneca and Cicero did.Philosophy has nothing to do with virtue.I venture to say that even scientists are fundamentally different from philosophers. —I sincerely hope that the innocent concept of "philosopher" will not be completely destroyed in the hands of Germany.In Germany, there are so many different kinds of nondescript things, and they all rely on their reputations for their scum.

① Lucius Anneus Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD) - Roman philosopher, writer, Stoic. - translator ② Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) - a famous Roman statesman and orator. - translator <976> Why philosophers are seldom successful, because the conditions that determine their existence are generally of a destructive character: 1.The philosopher must possess an infinite number of qualities, he must be the epitome of man, he must embody the higher and lower pursuits of all men: the danger of inner antagonism and the danger of self-loathing: 2.He must possess multifaceted curiosity.Because, there is a risk of dispersion;

3.In the extreme, the philosopher must be just and honest, but at the same time deeply love and hate (injustice); 4.The philosopher must be not merely a spectator, but a legislator: judge and accused (in this sense he is the world in miniature); 5.He must be versatile and firm.He has to adapt.