more on this theme | more from this thinker | more from this text
Full Idea
Property owners are to a man of one belief: 'you have to own something to be something'. But this is the oldest and healthiest of all instincts: I would add 'you have to want more than you have in order to become more'.
Gist of Idea
To be someone you need property, and wanting more is healthy
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 37[11])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.148
A Reaction
An odd idea from someone who spent his later years living in one room in a guest house. The context of this is a rejection of socialism. The love of and need for property and possessions must be taken into account in any politics.