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56: Nietzsche's Contest

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Relationship Between State and Genius

The state facilitates the emergence of genius by creating the social situation where one class of people is removed from the necessities of labor. Nietzsche writes, quote, accordingly we must accept this cruel sounding truth that slavery is of the essence of culture. This truth is the vulture that gnaws at the liver of the Promethean promoter of culture. The misery of toiling men must still increase in order to make the production of the world of art possible to a small number of Olympian men,. end quote.

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