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Ideas for 'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'Twilight of the Idols' and 'Philosophical Logic: Intro to Advanced Topics'

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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
True justice is equality for equals and inequality for unequals [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: 'Equality for equals, inequality for unequals' - that would be the true voice of justice.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 8.48)
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars
To renounce war is to renounce the grand life [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: One has renounced grand life when one renounces war.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 4.3)
     A reaction: Nietzsche was a medical orderly in the 1870 Franco-Prussian war, so he had seen it at first hand. I think the machine gun and the heavy bomber would have changed his attitude to warfare. He sounds a bit silly now. Nostalgia for the Iliad.
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching
There is a need for educators who are themselves educated [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: There is a need for educators who are themselves educated.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 7.5)
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
Sometimes it is an error to have been born - but we can rectify it [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: We have no power to prevent ourselves being born: but we can rectify this error - for sometimes it is an error.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 8.36)