(friedrich nietzsche) Genealogy of Morals Summary

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Yet, a new perspective later became evident, and he was able to classify the term beyond the immediate world. He stated "I learned early to separate theological prejudice from moral prejudice and ceased to look for the origin of evil behind the world" (17, 3)...
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He questioned the value of morality as he learned that values had transformed and no longer had power over individuals' lives. He was deeply burdened with his conclusion that the new value corrupted human creativity and inhibited human life. "Under what condition did man devise these value judgements good and evil? And what value do they themselves possess? Have the hitherto hindered or furthered human prosperity? Are they a sign of distress or impoverishment, of the degeneration of life? Or is there revealed in them, on the contrary, the plentitude, force, and will of life, its courage, certainty, future?" (17, 3) Nietzsche's main objective then became clear...
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