Single Idea 24135

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest]

Full Idea

Egoism! But no one has ever asked: what kind of ego! Instead, every person automatically assumes that the ego of every ego is equal.

Gist of Idea

Egoism should not assume that all egos are equal

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[287])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.74


A Reaction

The implication, I presume, is that you should be egoistic if you have a really excellent ego, but very altruistic if you are a loser. Or a slave. Or a monk.