![]() ![]() So now I think that if I find ways to express that competitive/warlike impulse, I might find myself a much happier man. I also see that there are parts of me that seek expression in ways that could be considered warlike (mosh pits & competitive sport, for example). 79 on not loving oneself might be the result of prolonged self-attack.Īnyway when I read this maxim I saw myself in it for how much of a hard time I give myself for no apparent reason. 78 on despising oneself could be what it means to attack oneself. 77 on principles might correspond to conquest in that way. The following 3 maxims provide some possible context to this one. ![]() Still, "attack" seems to carry a weight of destruction and of conquest over an adversary. I don't take "attack himself" to mean something fundamentally constructive as others here suggest, but that doesn't mean such states of mind can't profoundly contribute to knowledge. When a warlike man is forced by circumstance to suppress his nature, it manifests as self-loathing. I was immediately stricken by it, and this was my gut interpretation: I just ran into this one myself and came looking for perspective. The task is not simply to master what happens to resist, but what requires us to stake all our strength, suppleness, and fighting skill - opponents that are our equals.Īnd above all, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, On War and Warriors.Īlso, an oft-missed petit-fait from his letters. The strength of those who attack can be measured in a way by the opposition they require: every growth is indicated by the search for a mighty opponent - or problem for a warlike philosopher challenges problems, too, to single combat. Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself. It needs objects of resistance hence it looks for what resists: the aggressive pathos belongs just as necessarily to strength as vengefulness and rancor belong to weakness. The degree and kind of a mans sexuality reaches up into the topmost summit of his spirit. Inspired by my favorite fantasy series, the First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. It's one of my favorite and hardest illustrations I've ever done. 2019 This illustration took me almost a year to complete. It's called a warlord in other countries. 'In times of peace, the warlike man attacks himself' Friedrich Nietzsche. War is failure When you are at war, you have failed When you have gone to a war of choice and lied about it, you're a double-triple, triple-quadruple failure Or a warlord. Being able to be be an enemy, being and enemy - perhaps that presupposes a strong nature in any case, it belongs to every strong nature. Bush is a war-time president, he says - proudly. One has renounced the great life once one has renounced war. Twilight of the Idols, Morality as Anti-Nature. ![]() Twilight of the Idols, Arrows and Maxims -įrom life's school of war - What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger. Under peaceful conditions the militant man attacks himself. Many interpretations are possible and thought-provoking (the power of metaphor!) but I think that to get a real feel for what Nietzsche had in mind is to keep in mind that he called himself a warlike man, and then relate what he said of war. Certainly she has never allowed herself to be won and at present every kind of dogma stands. ![]()
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