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[from 'On the Genealogy of Morals' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism ]

Full Idea

Nietzsche's rejection of impersonal morality is an assertion of the dominance of the ideal of living well.

Gist of Idea

Nietzsche rejects impersonal morality, and asserts the idea of living well

Source

report of Friedrich Nietzsche (On the Genealogy of Morals [1887], I) by Thomas Nagel - The View from Nowhere X.2

Book Reference

Nagel,Thomas: 'The View from Nowhere' [OUP 1989], p.194