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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
We can aspire to greatness by creating new functions for ourselves [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: To see the new greatness not above oneself, not outside oneself, but to make a new function from it.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 13[19])
     A reaction: Thus we might combine the Aristotelian and the existentialist views! Do we discover our function or invent it? Anyone who acquires an expertise is creating a new function for themselves, presumably with a high value.