Single Idea 14809

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues]

Full Idea

Every society of good men (that is, originally, of powerful men) places gratitude among its first duties.

Gist of Idea

All societies of good men give a priority to gratitude

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 044)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.46


A Reaction

His reason here is that gratitude is a way of displaying the power of the powerful!