Nietzsche source

Jedothek January 12, 2024 at 02:18 3175 views 12 comments
From what work does this Nietzsche quote come? "Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment."
(clearly it was first quoted on the internet without naming the work, and has been copied and pasted a thousand times since then )

Comments (12)

AmadeusD January 12, 2024 at 02:43 #871637
Reply to Jedothek Thus Spake Zarathustra I believe, but @Vaskane is your man.
Lionino January 12, 2024 at 12:31 #871706
If you look up this quote online, something very strange will appear:
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Joshs January 12, 2024 at 12:35 #871707
Reply to Lionino

It’s the Uber-pizza
Jedothek January 12, 2024 at 17:25 #871779
Reply to Vaskane Yes, of course it doesn't have to be verbatim since it's a translation; i'd be grateful to get a citation for the passage that was the source of what i read. Thanks
Arne January 17, 2024 at 06:35 #872904
Reply to Vaskane Reply to Jedothek as Vaskane suggested, it is not a quote from Nietzsche. Instead, it is a scholar's "summarized" description of Nietzsche's overman/superman/ubermensch.

"The overman is the type approximated by Goethe—the human being . . . who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment." -- Walter A. Kaufmann

In: The Encyclopedia of of Philosophy, Vol. 5, Pages 504-514, Macmillan, New York. at page 511.



Chet Hawkins January 28, 2024 at 08:49 #876113
Ideas centering on that topic come from both Beyond Good and Evil and the Genealogy of Morals. According even to Wikipedia, the discussion is about identity and resentment in particular and apparently there is no word in German that is precise enough to mean resentment.

Are you curious about any moral issues within the works or just interested in finding the relevant passages?
Arne February 21, 2024 at 14:43 #882688
Quoting Chet Hawkins
discussion is about identity and resentment in particular and apparently there is no word in German that is precise enough to mean resentment.


Indeed. And that is the primary reason Walter Kauffman initially used "re-sentiment" rather than resentment. But dong so came with its own set of issues so Kauffman eventually reverted to resentment.
Jedothek March 03, 2024 at 16:25 #885132
Reply to Arne Ah. So it's Kauffman. Thanks to you all for your work!
Jedothek March 03, 2024 at 16:29 #885137
Reply to Chet Hawkins I just wanted to find the source of the quote out of sheer curiosity -- or maybe i wanted to quote it in something i was writing, i forget. As for the issues, I've read BGE and GM
Arne March 03, 2024 at 21:10 #885169
Reply to Jedothek it is an excellent quote and it took me a while to track it down. But it was worth it. I rely heavily upon Kauffman for my understanding of Nietzsche and was not surprised to find out it was his.
Kevin Tan March 06, 2024 at 20:06 #885850
Reply to Joshs Hilarious! :D

Arne March 07, 2024 at 16:51 #886085
Quoting Vaskane
Still mad props for finding the quote.


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