Full Idea
Tremendous self-examination: becoming conscious of oneself, not as an individual but as mankind.
Gist of Idea
Great self-examination is to become conscious of oneself not as an individual, but as mankind
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §575)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.316
A Reaction
A lovely thought, which illustrates the fact that it is hard to be introspective without bringing an agenda to the process.