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Single Idea 2881

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique ]

Full Idea

May I be forgiven for the discovery that 'virtue' has been harmed by nothing more than it has been by the boringness of its advocates.

Gist of Idea

Virtue has been greatly harmed by the boringness of its advocates

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil [1886], §228)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Beyond Good and Evil', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1973], p.138