Aristotle’s Magnanimity and Nietzsche’s Nobility
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At first glance, a comparison between Nietzsche and Aristotle may seem improbable. If Nietzsche is indeed a moral relativist, as is often suggested, why is Nietzsche concerned with the development of human character? There are explicit instances of Nietzsche assessing the positive and negative, beneficial and injurious, traits of human character. In “What is Noble” of Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche analyzes the concept of nobility--no doubt a direct reference to Aristotle. Yet, perhaps a better question is why noble? As will be argued, the concept of nobility must be analyzed in light of Nietzsche’s discussion of the will to power, precisely because both of these ideas are inextricably linked. Aristotle’s account of virtue and human character, the Nicomachean Ethics, differs both stylistically and methodologically from Nietzsche’s analysis.
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