Single Idea 24093

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature]

Full Idea

To see the new greatness not above oneself, not outside oneself, but to make a new function from it.

Gist of Idea

We can aspire to greatness by creating new functions for ourselves

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 13[19])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.463


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.