Full Idea
Actual morality is infinitely more subtle, more complicated, more thoughtful than theoretical morality: the latter still stands awkward and embarrassed at the starting point.
Gist of Idea
Actual morality is more complicated and subtle than theory (which gets paralysed)
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1882-84 [1883], 7[202])
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from the period of 'Zarathustra' (v 14)', ed/tr. Loeb/Tinsley [Stanford 2019], p.273
A Reaction
Glad to find an explicit endorsement of particularism in Nietzsche, since so much of his discussion points that way.