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Nietzsche's Etymology of Noble Morality

Part 1: Words Remember

A brief excursion into Nietzsche's Will-to-Power etymology, courtesy of his unusually essayistic On the Genealogy of Morality (Kaufmann translation).

In this short yet no less potent passage, the linguistic meaning of…

Philosophy of the Aristocratic Type

The Genealogy of Morals | Extract from the First Essay, Section 10. 

Section 10 of the First Essay represents the philosophical axis upon which the entire Genealogy provokes; the moment where Nietzsche's etymological archaeology crystallises…