Thursday, November 5, 2009

Book 2

I have continued to enjoy this reading because all of the subpoints are alomst explaining the smallest aspects in life that you wouldn't normally think about in that situation. One of my favorite sections is about Mothers. Its unique explanation about how a mother's love sets them apart from all the rest, shows that true love in any form is what sets the human race apart from any animal we could be compared with. (Although not a strong enough argument, in my opinion, to doubt Evolution.) When Nietzsche compares the characteristics of how mothers feel for their children, it makes it seem like a supernatural ability that is all of the sudden adapted as if it was instilled in them from the beginning. Nietzsche states, "In their children females have a satisfaction of their desire to dominate, a possession, an occupation, something that is totally intelligible to them and can be prattled with: all this taken together is motherly love."

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