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7283 | Great courage is not violent [Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)] |
Full Idea: Great courage is not violent. | |
From: Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) (The Book of Chuang Tzu [c.329 BCE], Ch.2) | |
A reaction: A very nice remark. This, I think, is what the Greeks were struggling to say about courage, but they never quite pinned it down as Chuang Tzu does. |
4425 | The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues [Nietzsche] |
Full Idea: The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues. | |
From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Ecce Homo [1889], Wise §4) | |
A reaction: Hm. I can just about see that there might be more important things than compassion for suffering, but I can't see any human activity that makes it worthwhile to trample on pity. |