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Single Idea 20138

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / f. Übermensch]

Full Idea

Christianity has waged a war to the death against the higher type of man, it has excommunicated all the fundamental instincts of this type.

Gist of Idea

Christianity is at war with the higher type of man, and excommunicates his basic instincts

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Anti-Christ [1889], 05)

A Reaction

It seems rather insulting to say that the finest and most dedicated altruism practised by the most admirable Christians is the expression of a 'lower' instinct.

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.117