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| 16)The Friend -must be able to respect and compete with a friend -in a friend, one should have one�s best enemy -friends should be sources of inspiration and goals and achievement >your own achievements should push and encourage your friend to do the same >ultimately, to achieve the overman -friends cannot dominate each other nor be dominated by each other 17)The Thousand and One Goals -�good� and �evil� are different to different people -what is often called �good� and praiseworthy seems difficult to people >it is praiseworthy because it is difficult >it is good because it is indispensable >the deepest need/the most difficult to attain is holy -man creates his own good and evil for himself >by creating what is good and labeling all difficult things as such (�good�) >the opposite or lack of good equals evil -to place value on things is to create >to place value/to create is the most valued thing *a thing is most valued because it is created, not because it is difficult to attain -the delight in the herd is more ancient than the delight in the ego >good conscience is typified by the herd >bad conscience is typified by the ego/I -humanity has no goal >each individual person has a goal, but not as a collective group >if the collective group does not have a goal, then is the collective group/humanity lacking? 18)Love of the Neighbor -your �love� of your neighbor is an escape from yourself >to focus on someone other than yourself -you would only be good/worthy if another �loved� you as their neighbor -love not the neighbor, but the friend 19)The Way of the Creator -create your own virtue, morals and life -don�t give in to the envy and contempt of others who would decry your independence -have faith in yourself to lead you on your own way >as opposed to following the herd -but, you have to make your own law, be your own judge and adhere to your own principles 20)The Adder�s Bite -when someone does some bad to you: >do not rebuke them >accept his action as doing some good to you >rebuking him only shames him -�a gruesome sight is someone single-mindedly obsessed by a wrong� >whether you have done the wrong or the wrong was done to you, it is a bad thing to focus on it and have it consume your time and energy -�a wrong shared is half right� >some of the evil done because of the wrong can be dispelled if both people acknowledge and accept the wrong -a little revenge is more human than no revenge -the punishment a person receives for a transgression is a right and an honor -it is nobler to declare oneself wrong than insist on being right >especially when one is right 21)Child and Marriage -being entitled to wish for/have a child, you must be a �self-conqueror� and master your virtues >merely desiring a child based out of some animal-instinct does not make you entitled -having a child means reproducing something equal to or greater than yourself >create a creator -a child is greater than the sum of the 2 parts of a marriage 22)Free Death -there is a good and a bad time to die >you can die to early, at the right time or too late -you die too early if you were not able to accomplish your goals >Jesus died too early >when you die fighting it may be the right time, but you squander a great soul -you die on time (the best) if you consummate your life >if you consummate your life, you die victoriously >it comes when you want it >you should want it when you have achieved your goal and have an heir -you die too late when you hang around after all has been accomplished >don�t be a fruit rotting on the limb >as a fruit, cease living when you �taste the best� >die at the pinnacle of your life 23)The Gift-Giving Virtue -there is a virtue in giving of yourself -degeneration: when the gift-giving soul is lacking >a degenerate soul wants everything for itself -the gift-giving virtue is power >a �dominant thought� >and around this virtue is a wise soul *which is made up of a golden sun and the serpent of knowledge(?) -remain faithful to the earth -let the gift-giving virtue serve the meaning of the earth -�let your spirit and your virtue serve the sense of the earth� >if you are a creator, then create new virtues for everything -man and man�s earth are unexhausted and undiscovered -doubt even your teachers >question them -do not blindly accept teachings >�one repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil� -find yourselves and do not dedicate yourself to a thing >be able to love your enemies and hate your friends |