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We simply do not consider it desirable that a realm of justice and concord should be established on earth (because it would certainly be the realm of the deepest leveling and chinoiserie); we are delighted with all who love, as we do, danger, war, and adventures, who refuse to compromise, to be captured, reconciled, and castrated; we count ourselves among conquerors; we think about the necessity for new orders, also for a new slavery - for every strengthening and enhancement of the human type also involves a new kind of enslavement.

Friedrich Nietzsche#93

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About this quote

What does it mean?
Nietzsche celebrates danger, war, and adventure, warning that any new order will bring a new form of slavery, as humanity evolves.
In plain terms
He praises risk and warns that new systems still enslave people.
What can you take from it?
Progress often creates new constraints.

Where it applies

  • technological change
  • political revolutions

Putting it to work

  • remain vigilant of hidden costs
  • balance ambition with freedom

Questions to consider

  • What freedoms are lost in new orders?
  • How can we avoid new forms of oppression?

Another view

Romanticizing war can overlook its destructive human cost.

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