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Full Idea
You should not want to have too many virtues. One virtue is already a lot of virtue.
Gist of Idea
You should not want too many virtues; one is enough
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 5[18])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.199
A Reaction
A typically challenging thought from the great maverick of philosophy. Which virtue would you choose? Do some virtues entail further virtues?