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Single Idea 24152
[filed under theme 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / b. Fate
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Full Idea
Fate is an inspiring thought for those who understand that they are part of it.
Gist of Idea
Fate is inspiring, if you understand you are part of it
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 26[442])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.248
A Reaction
Sounds a bit like the Niagara Falls being inspiring if you are being swept over it. I find the possibility of fatalism neutral, rather than inspiring.
The
31 ideas
from 'Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85'
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24124
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We now have innumerable perspectives to draw on
[Nietzsche]
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24125
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Aristotle enjoyed the sham generalities of a system, as the peak of happiness!
[Nietzsche]
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24126
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We contain multitudes of characters, which can brought into the open
[Nietzsche]
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24127
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Judging actions by intentions - like judging painters by their thoughts!
[Nietzsche]
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24128
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After history following God, or a people, or an idea, we now see it in terms of animals
[Nietzsche]
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24129
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We start with images, then words, and then concepts, to which emotions attach
[Nietzsche]
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24130
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An affirmative belief is present in every basic sense impression
[Nietzsche]
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24131
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There is no 'being'; it is just the opposition to nothingness
[Nietzsche]
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24132
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After Socrates virtue is misunderstood, as good for all, not for individuals
[Nietzsche]
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24133
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I have perfected fatalism, as recurrence and denial of the will
[Nietzsche]
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24134
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There is always slavery, whether we like it or not
[Nietzsche]
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24135
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Egoism should not assume that all egos are equal
[Nietzsche]
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24136
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Who can endure the thought of eternal recurrence?
[Nietzsche]
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24138
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Strongly believed a priori is not certain; it may just be a feature of our existence
[Nietzsche]
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24137
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Mathematics is just accurate inferences from definitions, and doesn't involve objects
[Nietzsche]
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24139
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A 'person' is just one possible abstraction from a bundle of qualities
[Nietzsche]
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24140
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Cause and effect is a hypothesis, based on our supposed willing of actions
[Nietzsche]
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24141
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Having a sense of time presupposes absolute time
[Nietzsche]
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24142
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What matters is how humans can be developed
[Nietzsche]
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24143
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Thinkers might agree some provisional truths, as methodological assumptions
[Nietzsche]
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24144
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A cognitive mechanism wanting to know itself is absurd!
[Nietzsche]
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24145
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Mind is a mechanism of abstraction and simplification, aimed at control
[Nietzsche]
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24146
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All the major problems were formulated before Socrates
[Nietzsche]
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24147
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Thoughts are uncertain, and are just occasions for interpretation
[Nietzsche]
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24148
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If you love something, it is connected with everything, so all must be affirmed as good
[Nietzsche]
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24149
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Values need a perspective, of preserving some aspect of life
[Nietzsche]
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24150
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We can only understand through concepts, which subsume particulars in generalities
[Nietzsche]
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24151
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I only want thinking that is anchored in body, senses and earth
[Nietzsche]
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24152
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Fate is inspiring, if you understand you are part of it
[Nietzsche]
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24153
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Humans are determined by community, so its preservation is their most valued drive
[Nietzsche]
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24154
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If you want one experience repeated, you must want all of them
[Nietzsche]
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