Single Idea 24086

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism]

Full Idea

Obviously the goal is to make human beings as steady and firm as most animal species; they have adapted to the conditions of the earth etc. and do not change essentially. The human being is still changeable - is still becoming.

Gist of Idea

The goal is to settle human beings, like other animals, but humans are still changeable

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 11[044])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.320


A Reaction

I favour an Aristotelian view, based on the flourishing of human nature, but this thought obviously challenges such a view. Great changes to a culture can make some difference to the apparent nature of people.

Related Idea

Idea 22503 Nietzsche could only revalue human values for a different species [Nietzsche, by Foot]