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Posted by Friedrich Nietzsche (nt) on July 04, 19101 at 20:14:54:

In Reply to: the mosquito is different from from the ape which is different from man which is different from overman...they all have the same 'self-importance', and even if the overman were different, it would be because he would think he ISN'T the measure of things NT posted by Amanda on July 04, 19101 at 19:28:59:

: : : the intellect..."is human, rather, and only its owner and producer gives it such importance, as if the world pivoted around it"
: : : [both quotes from 'On truth and lie in the extra-moral sense]

: : : In other words, what you call 'supra-human' is only so because we have instilled it with a false sense of importance.

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• and to make it painfully clear, the "haughtiness which goes with knowledge...deceives [man] about the value of existence by carrying in itself the most flattering evaluation of knowledge itself. Its most universal effect is deception; but even its most particular effects have something of the same character"...and any 'knowledge' of the overman faces the same problem if it claims to have a capacity for objective and universal validation...but the overman knows better...you do not! Friedrich Nietzsche (nt) 20:21:48 7/04/101 (1)
  • Re: and to make it painfully clear, the "haughtiness which goes with knowledge...deceives [man] about the value of existence by carrying in itself the most flattering evaluation of knowledge itself. Its most universal effect is deception; but even its most particular effects have something of the same character"...and any 'knowledge' of the overman faces the same problem if it claims to have a capacity for objective and universal validation...but the overman knows better...you do not! habo 00:43:22 11/12/101 (0)

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