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that
for
the
48 BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL
understood
"
of a
it is their nature to wish to remain something
"
puzzle these
philosophersof the future might
rightly,perhaps also wrongly,claim to be designatedas
"tempters."This name itselfis after all only an attempt,
or, if it be preferred, a temptation.
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Will theybe new
friends of "truth,"these comingphiloso*
phers? Very probably,for all philosophershitherto have
loved their truths. But assuredlythey will not be dogmatists
It must be contrary to their pride,and also con-
Vrary to their taste țhat their truth should stillbe truth for
every one "
which has hitherto been the secret wish and
ultimate purpose of alldogmaticefforts. "My opinionis my
opinion:another person has not easilya rightto it "
such
\i. philosopherof the future will say, perhaps. One must
Yenounce the bad taste of wishingto agree with many people.
"Good" is no longergood when one's neighbourtakes
it into his mouth. And how could there be a "common
good"! The expressioncontradicts itself;that which can
be common is always of small value. In the end things
must be as they are and have
"
alwaysbeen great things
remain
for the great, the abyssesfor the profound țhe delicacies
and thrillsfor the refined,and, to sum up shortly,
everythingrare
for the rare.
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Need I say expresslyafter all this that they will be free,
very free spirits, these philosophersof the future" as certainly
also theywill not be merelyfree spirits, but something
more, higher,greater,and fundamentallydifferent, which