The Compassion of Zarathustra
Nietzsche on Sympathy and Strength
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401864 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael L Frazer (0000-0002-9797-3647, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-78 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670506000052 |
| OpenAlex | W2147627961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 3 |
Contemporary theorists critical of the current vogue for compassion might like to turn to Friedrich Nietzsche as an obvious ally in their opposition to the sentiment. Yet this essay argues that Nietzsche's critique of compassion is not entirely critical, and that the endorsement of one's sympathetic feelings is actually a natural outgrowth of Nietzsche's immoralist ethics. Nietzsche understands the tendency to share in the suffering of their inferiors as a distinctive vulnerability of the spiritually strong and healthy. Their compassion, however, is an essential element of the imaginative creativity that Nietzsche holds to be the goal of human existence. Although shared suffering may prove debilitating for some, great individuals must come to affirm their compassion as necessary in achieving accurate knowledge of the human condition
Aesthetics · Compassion · Creativity · Element (criminal law · Epistemology · Feeling · Opposition (politics · Philosophical anthropology · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sympathy · Theology · Law · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Non-expert views of compassion
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |