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Full Idea
People of diligence and goodwill, lend a hand in the one work of eradicating from the face of the earth the concept of punishment, which has overrun the whole world! There is no more noxious weed!
Gist of Idea
Get rid of the idea of punishment! It is a noxious weed!
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 013)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak) (v 5)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.14
A Reaction
Nietzsche never tried his hand at school teaching or parenting or running a youth club. But I still love this idea. In really good families I suspect that punishment is almost unknown.