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Single Idea 20236

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love]

Full Idea

The institution of marriage stubbornly upholds the belief that love, though a passion, is, as such, capable of duration.

Gist of Idea

Marriage upholds the idea that love, though a passion, can endure

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 027)

A Reaction

No wonder Nietzsche never married. Women must have been terrified of him, when he came out with this sort of remark. I doubt whether many couples who are celebrating their golden wedding would agree with him. [1/5/2017]

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.24