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![]() ![]() It seems to me that we must see in this a provocative attempt on Nietzsche’s part to taunt German anti-Semites, in particular Richard Wagner, with whom he ultimately cut ties, partly because of his racist anti-Semitism. The truth is that the only racist idea Nietzsche adopted dealt with the “mixing of the races,” which would guarantee (in his opinion) preservation of the European race that would emerge from the numerous mixed marriages between the “best of the European nobility” and its Jews. Moreover, he represents a mixture of races and people, including even completely imaginary, mythical figures. 'Beyond Good and Evil' is Nietzsche at his best. Ironically (from the Nazis’ viewpoint, of course), when Nietzsche talks about the “magnificent blond beast,” this term does not carry any racial or biological significance. On the Genealogy of Morality (1887): Finding that even his smarter friends found Beyond Good and Evil too difficult to understand, he wrote On the Genealogy of. Only spiritual excellence can place a person at the tip of the ideal hierarchy Nietzsche wanted to realize. His superman is not some aggressive bully flying about with a cape and saving the world by cleansing it of negative characters. Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future, p.71. But he sought to elevate the aristocracy of the spirit, not the aristocracy of blood and race. Create amazing picture quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche quotations. ![]() As for the second principle, on the innate biological inequality between human beings: Without a doubt Nietzsche was an elitist – and he was even aware of it. ![]()
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