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69: The Return to Nature

The Nietzsche Podcast

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Nietzsche's Caesarism

The great human being is both a going up and a going back because he's a return to the old Morias of society, which was the strength and the identity of the old culture. By manifesting those virtues during a time when everyone else is completely unvirtuous, he becomes set apart from society. And thus that power of solitude allows him to do things that wouldn't be possible during a more conservative age. In this lengthy section, he explains the entire premise, setting out the conditions in which such a genius can emerge.

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