Pessimism of Strength – Nietzsche’s Formula for Greatness

03/07/25 • 17 min

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“It’s easy to be a naive idealist. It’s easy to be a cynical realist. It’s quite another thing to have no illusions and still hold the inner flame.” Marie-Louise von Franz To be a philosophical pessimist is to be acutely aware of the tragic side of life and to believe that suffering overshadows joy, [...]

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