38: The Genius of the Species
The Nietzsche Podcast
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The Nature of Animal Consciousness
consciousness does not really belong to man's individual existence, but rather to his social or herd nature. The human being inventing signs is at the same time the human being who becomes ever more keenly conscious of himself. This is the essence of phenomenalism and perspectivism, as I understand them. All becoming conscious involves a great and thorough corruption, falsification, reduction to superficialities, and generalization. Ultimately, the growth of consciousness becomes a danger in anyone who lives among the most conscious Europeans,. even knows that it is a disease.
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