Single Idea 4510

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues]

Full Idea

A path to power: to introduce a new virtue under the name of an old one.

Gist of Idea

A path to power: to introduce a new virtue under the name of an old one

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §310)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.172


A Reaction

A nicely wicked Nietzschean suggestion. One doesn't replace altruism, one 'reinterprets' it. Or democracy. Or 'true' courage.