(Originally written August 27, 2007 in Notebook 18)
Beyond Good & Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche
Part 9 - What is Noble
257
Every enhancement of the type "man" has been made though an aristocratic society, a society which believes in differences in value of men, and one which needs slavery in some sense.
Truth is hard; one must not ascribe to the humanitarian accounts of the origin of the aristocracy.
The noble class was always the barbarian class. The barbarians conquered the weak.
The barbarians were stronger physically and stronger in soul. They are more whole human beings and therefore, more whole beasts.
The good aristocracy sees itself as the justification and the meaning, not the function of the monarch or commonwealth.
The good aristocracy uses the lower classes as instruments, anything else is a corruption.
Society must exist, not for society's sake, but so that the strong can rise to new heights on the backs of society.
259
When a principle of mutual agreement of will is levied between two men of the same stature it is good manners. But, when it is extended to society as a whole it is a will to the denial of life and a disintegrating and decaying force.
Life is essentially the strong overpowering the weak. "Life is simply the will to power" (Nietzsche, 393).
Exploitation of the weak is essential for any living and thriving society. It is not a corruption.
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