The homogenizing of European man ... requires a justification: it lies in serving a higher sovereign species that stands upon the former which can raise itself to its task only by doing this. Not merely a Master Race whose sole task is to rule, but a Race with its own sphere of life, with an excess of strength ... strong enough to have no need of the tyranny of the virtue-imperative.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Nietzsche suggests that European homogenization serves a higher sovereign species that must act without the tyranny of virtue.
- In plain terms
- A superior race should lead without moral constraints.
- What can you take from it?
- Justify domination by a perceived superior group.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines a 'higher sovereign species'?
- Can societies function without shared virtues?
Another view
It rests on racist assumptions lacking empirical support.
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