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[from 'The Anti-Christ' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 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)

Book Reference

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


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.