What Friedrich Nietzsche thinks about discipline

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German philosopher (1844 to 1900); professor of classical philology at Basel from 1869 to 1879; author of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil and Twilight of the Idols.

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2 dated positions, c. 1886, in their own words. Our reading of what Friedrich Nietzsche has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1886

   Our readingWhat is valuable in every system of morals is that it is a long constraint

   Their wordsWhat is essential and invaluable in every system of morals, is that it is a long constraint.

   ↗Beyond Good and Evil (1886; Helen Zimmern translation)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book

3. c. 1886

   Our readingThe discipline of great suffering is what has produced every elevation of humanity so far

   Their wordsThe discipline of suffering, of GREAT suffering—know ye not that it is only THIS discipline that has produced all the elevations of humanity hitherto?

   ↗Beyond Good and Evil (1886; Helen Zimmern translation)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book