Single Idea 23204

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights]

Full Idea

Property owners are to a man of one belief: 'you have to own something to be something'. But this is the oldest and healthiest of all instincts: I would add 'you have to want more than you have in order to become more'.

Gist of Idea

To be someone you need property, and wanting more is healthy

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 37[11])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.148


A Reaction

An odd idea from someone who spent his later years living in one room in a guest house. The context of this is a rejection of socialism. The love of and need for property and possessions must be taken into account in any politics.