The Wisdom Letter #101

5 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

✹ For today's Wisdom Letter, we have carefully curated five bite-sized quotes from the German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900).

Quote № 01:

“He who fights with monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, “Beyond Good and Evil”

Quote № 02:

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, “The Dawn”

Quote № 03:

“Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, “On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense”

Quote № 04:

“Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, “Human, All Too Human”

Quote № 05:

“The reasons and purposes for habits are always lies that are added only after some people begin to attack these habits and to ask for reasons and purposes. At this point the conservatives of all ages are thoroughly dishonest: they add lies.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, “The Joyful Wisdom”

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✺ Today’s Questions

Three philosophical questions to foster your curiosity:

Question № 01:

Do the ends justify the means in moral decision-making, or must actions be judged independently of their outcomes?

Question № 02:

How can we be certain that what we know is true, and what role does doubt play in the pursuit of knowledge?

Question № 03:

Are humans inherently moral beings, or is morality a social construct developed through civilization?

✽ Thank you for reading today’s Wisdom Letter.

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