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Single Idea 2879

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / f. Compassion ]

Full Idea

An act of pity was during the finest age of Rome considered neither good nor bad.

Gist of Idea

In ancient Rome pity was considered neither good nor bad

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil [1886], §201)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Beyond Good and Evil', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1973], p.104