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Frazer, Michael L. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9797-3647
(2006)
The compassion of Zarathustra: Nietzsche on sympathy and strength.
The Review of Politics, 68 (01).
pp. 49-78.
ISSN 0034-6705
Abstract
Contemporary theorists critical of the current vogue for compassion might like to turn to Friedrich Nietzsche as an obvious ally in their opposition to the sentiment. Yet this essay argues that Nietzsche's critique of compassion is not entirely critical, and that the endorsement of one's sympathetic feelings is actually a natural outgrowth of Nietzsche's immoralist ethics. Nietzsche understands the tendency to share in the suffering of their inferiors as a distinctive vulnerability of the spiritually strong and healthy. Their compassion, however, is an essential element of the imaginative creativity that Nietzsche holds to be the goal of human existence. Although shared suffering may prove debilitating for some, great individuals must come to affirm their compassion as necessary in achieving accurate knowledge of the human condition.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media |
| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2016 14:00 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2023 00:55 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/56299 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0034670506000052 |
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