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On the Genealogy of Morals

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What’s it about?

Nietzsche exposes the hidden origins of our moral values, revealing how Christian morality is a weapon of the weak against the strong, born from resentment and cruelty.

You’ll learn

  • Good and evil are not timeless truths
  • Guilt originates in creditor-debtor relations
  • Bad conscience is internalized cruelty
  • The ascetic ideal is a survival strategy