A Twitter thread by Jash Dholani

Jul 22, 2022 · 3 mins read

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10 *Aha! Moments* from Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good And Evil” (1886):

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1/ The young think in absolutes - and pay a terrible price The young "respect and despise without the art of nuance" We worship what only deserves mild affection; reject completely what can teach us things Nietzsche: "Introduce a little art into your feelings."

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2/ We self-sabotage when we don't have external foes to wage war against Nietzsche: "Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself" For a certain type of person, the highest form of self-care is running towards challenges

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3/ Philosophies are worldviews, and they have “types” - discover them: Nietzsche: "The most diverse philosophers unfailingly fill out again and again a certain basic scheme of *possible* philosophies. Under an invisible spell they always trace once more the identical orbit."

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4/ Nietzsche on the many USES of moralities: "There are moralities which are intended to justify their authors before others; other moralities are intended to calm him; with others he wants to crucify himself; with others he wants to wreak vengeance, with others hide himself."

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5/ Nietzsche nails human nature: "In man, creature and creator are united: in man there is fragment, excess, clay, madness, chaos; but in man there is also creator, sculptor, the hardness of the hammer, the divine spectator & the seventh day – do you understand this antithesis?"

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6/ Why the past matters: Nietzsche: "That which his ancestors most liked to do and most constantly did cannot be erased from a man's soul." Why evolutionary biology, ancestry, & history matter Paradoxically, the better you understand the past, the better you control the future

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7/ You don't want complete understanding Nietzsche: "A thing explained is a thing we have no further concern with." We engage deeply with mysteries, not so much with answered questions Let the world, your lover, even yourself - be a bit of a puzzle

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8/ The sexes miscommunicate because they dance to different rhythms Nietzsche: "The same emotions in man and woman are different in tempo: therefore man and woman never cease to misunderstand one another." Well-arranged differences in tempo, however, make a song

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9/ Make decisions, and don't waver. "Close your ears to even the best counter-argument once the decision has been taken." You need this "occasional will to stupidity" if you are to ever finish the things you start

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Jash Dholani @ twitter

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