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Single Idea 24080
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
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Full Idea
One thing is essential - 'giving style' to one's character. It is practised by the one who surveys everything that his nature offers in strengths and weaknesses, and subjects it to an artistic plan until each thing appears as art and reason.
Gist of Idea
We should give style to our character - by applying an artistic plan to its strengths and weaknesses
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Gay (Joyful) Science [1882], §290)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.170
A Reaction
Clearly existentialist, in its proposal to change one's own character. I invite the reader to consider applying this to themselves - and I submit that it is an impossible project. Nice thought, though.
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from 'The Gay (Joyful) Science'
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You cannot advocate joyful wisdom while rejecting pity, because the two are complementary
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6579
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Nietzsche's perspectivism says our worldview depends on our personality
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20125
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The ethical teacher exists to give purpose to what happens necessarily and without purpose
[Nietzsche]
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20198
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Many virtues are harmful traps, but that is why other people praise them
[Nietzsche]
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9306
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To ward off boredom at any cost is vulgar
[Nietzsche]
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20126
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The strength of knowledge is not its truth, but its entrenchment in our culture
[Nietzsche]
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24076
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A morality ranks human drives and actions, for the sake of the herd, and subordinating individuals
[Nietzsche]
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4423
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We assume causes, geometry, motion, bodies etc to live, but they haven't been proved
[Nietzsche]
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2931
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God is dead, and we have killed him
[Nietzsche]
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24077
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Necessity is thought to require an event, but is only an after-effect of the event
[Nietzsche]
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24078
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Thoughts cannot be fully reproduced in words
[Nietzsche]
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24079
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The best life is the dangerous life
[Nietzsche]
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24080
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We should give style to our character - by applying an artistic plan to its strengths and weaknesses
[Nietzsche]
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20141
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Higher human beings see and hear far more than others, and do it more thoughtfully
[Nietzsche]
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24081
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Most of our intellectual activity is unconscious
[Nietzsche]
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2935
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No two actions are the same
[Nietzsche]
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2932
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'Know thyself' is impossible and ridiculous
[Nietzsche]
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2933
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Why do you listen to the voice of your conscience?
[Nietzsche]
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2934
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To see one's own judgement as a universal law is selfish
[Nietzsche]
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2936
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Imagine if before each of your actions you had to accept repeating the action over and over again
[Nietzsche]
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6842
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Nietzsche says facing up to the eternal return of meaninglessness is the response to nihilism
[Nietzsche, by Critchley]
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24082
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Is the will to truth the desire to avoid deception?
[Nietzsche]
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22471
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Nietzsche thought it 'childish' to say morality isn't binding because it varies between cultures
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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20121
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Grammar only reveals popular metaphysics
[Nietzsche]
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20119
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We became increasingly conscious of our sense impressions in order to communicate them
[Nietzsche]
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20122
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We have no organ for knowledge or truth; we only 'know' what is useful to the human herd
[Nietzsche]
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20118
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Only our conscious thought is verbal, and this shows the origin of consciousness
[Nietzsche]
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20115
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All of our normal mental life could be conducted without consciousness
[Nietzsche]
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20117
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Only the need for communication has led to consciousness developing
[Nietzsche]
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20116
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Most of our lives, even the important parts, take place outside of consciousness
[Nietzsche]
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20120
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Whatever moves into consciousness becomes thereby much more superficial
[Nietzsche]
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20360
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We Germans value becoming and development more highly than mere being of what 'is'
[Nietzsche]
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24083
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It would be absurd to say we are only permitted our own single perspective
[Nietzsche]
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