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Single Idea 14811

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism ]

Full Idea

In Homer, both the Trojan and the Greek are good. Not the man who inflicts harm on us, but the man who is contemptible, is bad.

Gist of Idea

In Homer it is the contemptible person, not the harmful person, who is bad

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 045)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.47