Single Idea 18296

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people]

Full Idea

No people could live without evaluating; but if it wishes to maintain itself it must not evaluate as its neighbour evaluates.

Gist of Idea

An enduring people needs its own individual values

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 1.16)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.84


A Reaction

Political philosophers say plenty about a 'people', but little about what unifies them, or about what keeps one people distinct from another. Most people's are proud of their local values.