Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Empowerment and Sympathy

Empowerment and Sympathy are inversely patterned.  If A sympathizes with B, the former experiences a weakening, i. e. a transition from non-suffering to suffering.  In contrast, if A is empowered by B, the former experiences a strengthening.  Nietzsche's critique of Sympathy, on the basis of the Will to Power, can be summarized by that contrast.

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