Ultimately we discover that his nature cannot be responsible either, in that it is itself an inevitable consequence, an outgrowth of the elements and influences of past and present things; that is, man cannot be made responsible for anything, neither for his nature, nor his...
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...motives, nor his actions, nor the effects of his actions. & thus we come to understand that the history of moral feelings is the history of an error, an error called "responsibility," which in turn rests on an error called "freedom of the will." #Nietzsche
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This is a concept that only a few people live to understand. And it's so important. But hey, I'm probably just being weird.
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Amid all other living beings living, dying & eating each other, I suggest we are different in a fundamental way. Not because we can solve all the mysteries of the universe, but in this eternal hell all are caught in, we are a spark of judgement.
A fluttering candle in the dark.
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