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Nietzsche's Scholarly Background
- Nietzsche began as a brilliant classical scholar and published The Birth of Tragedy in 1872.
- The Genealogy of Morality (1887) is a mature work published shortly before his collapse.
From Noble Honor To Slave Morality
- Nietzsche reconstructs moral history as a shift from noble honor ethics to resentful slave morality.
- He claims Christianity transformed values by praising humility and condemning strength as evil.
Guilt As Internalized Aggression
- Nietzsche locates guilt in internalized aggression when social order blocks external expression.
- Bad conscience arises as self-cruelty where instincts turn inward and demand punishment.