It can be crippling. But there can also be a "generation from opposites":
Nietzsche WtP 66 (1884)
In contrast to the animals, man has cultivated an abundance of contrary drives and impulses within himself: thanks to this synthesis, he is master of the earth.-- Moralities are the expression of locally limited orders of rank in his multifarious world of drives, so man should not perish through their contradictions. Thus a drive as master, its opposite weakened, refined, as the impulse that provides the stimulus for the activity of the chief drive.
The highest man would have the greatest multiplicity of drives, in the relatively greatest strength that can be endured. Indeed, where the plant "man" shows himself strongest one finds instincts that conflict powerfully (e.g., in Shakespeare), but are controlled.
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heh. Thanks! I knew he would fall.
You have to admit though, he succeeded admirable, for a penguin!
...and besides, when others weren't 'distracting him', look at all he was able to accomplish!
Eye on the Prize. Eight years for me. ;)
Forty down.
@ nicrap, btw - Which ending to "The Wolf" did you prefer? The original, or the one you posted?
The one i posted. It is more open-ended. What about you?
Btw, have you read "AGafia"(again by Chekhov)? If you ever do plaese tell me your thoughts on it.
I think that the substituted ending strays from the title. And I'll look for AGafia... :)
Agafya in the translation I just read. So, are you like Savva Stukatch (Savka)? If so, the world is your oyster. :)
:)
I liked the description of desire, how 'crippling' it can be...
It can be crippling. But there can also be a "generation from opposites":
Nietzsche WtP 66 (1884)
In contrast to the animals, man has cultivated an abundance of contrary drives and impulses within himself: thanks to this synthesis, he is master of the earth.-- Moralities are the expression of locally limited orders of rank in his multifarious world of drives, so man should not perish through their contradictions. Thus a drive as master, its opposite weakened, refined, as the impulse that provides the stimulus for the activity of the chief drive.
The highest man would have the greatest multiplicity of drives, in the relatively greatest strength that can be endured. Indeed, where the plant "man" shows himself strongest one finds instincts that conflict powerfully (e.g., in Shakespeare), but are controlled.
I like to think of it as spannugsnbogen.
Yes, that too. :)
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