Abstract:In this essay I seek to show that a philosophy of modesty informs core aspects of both Nietzsche"s critique of morality and what he intends to replace morality with, namely, an ethics of self-cultivation. To demonstrate this I focus on Dawn: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality, a largely neglected text in his corpus where Nietzsche carries out a quite wideranging critique of morality, including Mitleid. It is one of Nietzsche"s most experimental works and is best read, I claim, as an Epicurean-inspired crit… Show more
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