View of Nietzsche
Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche often took a more cynical view on virtue. A few of his key thoughts were as follows:
- "One virtue is more of a virtue than two, because it is more of a knot for one's destiny to cling to."
- "Virtue itself is offensive."
- "When virtue has slept, it will arise all the more vigorous."
- "Genuine honesty, assuming that this is our virtue and we cannot get rid of it, we free spirits – well then, we will want to work on it with all the love and malice at our disposal and not get tired of ‘perfecting’ ourselves in our virtue, the only one we have left: may its glory come to rest like a gilded, blue evening glow of mockery over this aging culture and its dull and dismal seriousness!" (Beyond Good and Evil, §227)
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