Hi dickbo!!
I found the quote at Nietzsche´s "The Antichrist", section 2.
It depends on the translation the quote is:
"What is good?--Whatever augments the feeling of power, the will to
power, power itself, in man.
What is evil?--Whatever springs from weakness.
What is happiness?--The feeling that power increases--that resistance
is overcome.
Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not
virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu, virtue
free of moral acid).
The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity.
And one should help them to it.
What is more harmful than any vice?--Practical sympathy for the
botched and the weak--Christianity... "
http://users.compaqnet.be/cn127103/Nietzsche_the_antichrist/the_antichrist.htm
Here a comment of the same paragraph:
"What had Nietzsche to offer in place of these things? By what
standard was his immoralist to separate the good - or beneficial -
things of the world from the bad - or damaging - things? And what was
the goal that the philosopher had in mind for his immoralist? The
answer to the first question is to be found in Nietzsche's definition
of the terms "good" and "bad." "All that elevates the sense of power,
the will to power, and power itself" - this is how he defined "good."
"All that proceeds from weakness" - this is how he defined "bad."
Happiness, he held, is "the feeling that power increases - that
resistance is being overcome." "I preach not contentment," he said,
"but more power; not peace, but war; not virtue, but efficiency. The
weak and defective must go to the wall: that is the first principle of
the dionysian charity. And we must help them to go."
"H. L. Mencken's The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche:Nietzsche the
Philosopher":
http://www.geocities.com/danielmacryan/nietzsche9.html
In another review "NIETZSCHE - ANTICHRIST?" by S.E.Parker you can
read:
"...Nietzsche does not primarily concern himself with the usual
questions regarding the dating of the Christian gospels, their
consistency or inconsistency, or whether Christ did or did not exist.
In other words, the validity of the documentary evidence for
Christianity. Nor does he concern himself with the arguments for or
against the existence of God, although he calls himself an atheist. He
adopts what he describes as a "psychological" approach which revolves
around the question: Does Christianity enhance or depreciate life? He
writes:
"What is good? - everything that increases the feeling of power, the
will to power, and power itself, in men. What is evil? - everything
based in weakness. What is joy? - the emotion of power increasing, of
a resistance overcome. Not contentedness, but more power! Not peace at
any price, but war! Not 'goodness', but more ability!....The weak and
the misbegotten shall sink to the ground: that is our humanitarian
slogan; and they should be helped to sink. What is the most harmful
vice? - pity, shown to the misbegotten and the feeble -Christianity."
Nietzsche argues that the attacks made upon Christianity up to his
time have not only been timid but false. Christianity is a crime
against life and the problem of its "truth" is of no value unless it
leads to a consideration of the validity of its morality.
Christianity attempts to reverse natural selection. The Christian is a
sick and degenerate individual who tries to thwart the natural course
of evolution and wants to make the unnatural into law. He seeks to
preserve the physiologically botched, those who are weak, and to
strengthen their instinct to preserve each other. Those who do not
regard this attitude as immoral belong to the same sickly crowd."
(All quotations from Nietzsche, unless otherwise stated, are from the
edition of The Antichrist published by Haldeman-Julius in 1930).
http://www.nonserviam.com/egoistarchive/SidParker/Parker_Ego_02.htm
If you like to read the german version see:
http://www.gutenberg2000.de/nietzsch/antichri/antic003.htm
I bring you more links to find english versions of Der Antichrist:
http://www.inquiria.com/antichrist.html
http://www.fns.org.uk/ac.htm
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I hope this helps, if you need some clerification, please post a
request for it.
Best Regards.
livioflores-ga |
