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Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft) is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that covers ideas in his previous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra but with a more polemical approach. It was first published in 1886 under the publishing house C. G ...
(Beyond Good and Evil, section 239.) His attitude can sometimes be entirely disparaging: "From the beginning, nothing has been more alien, repugnant, and hostile to woman than truth—her great art is the lie, her highest concern is mere appearance and beauty.
Nietzsche argues that there are two fundamental types of morality: "master morality" and "slave morality", which correspond, respectively, to the dichotomies of "good/bad" and "good/evil". In master morality, "good" is a self-designation of the aristocratic classes; it is synonymous with nobility and everything powerful and life-affirming.
In Beyond Good and Evil and On the Genealogy of Morality, Nietzsche's genealogical account of the development of modern moral systems occupies a central place. For Nietzsche, a fundamental shift took place during the human history from thinking in terms of "good and bad" toward "good and evil".
Nietzsche claims that Buddhism is "beyond good and evil" because it has developed past the "self-deception that lies in moral concepts". [13] Origin of Christianity
The dichotomy between a good God and an evil satan is a "dualistic fiction." [ 51 ] In Twilight of the Idols (see the quote above) and later in The Antichrist [ 52 ] all concepts which explain life as a test or raise an (externally reasonable) moral "task," "purpose" or the "will of God" are considered false.
Jung was heavily influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche, and Nietzsche discusses this idea in several areas of his works: Human, All Too Human Aphorism 1, 2 and 3; Beyond Good and Evil Aphorism 2. The word "enantiodromia" was apparently coined by Stobaeus [3] but the concept is implied also in Heraclitus's writings.
A quote from Thus Spoke Zarathustra is given when the technology is discovered by the player. The character of "The Jackal" in the 2008 Ubisoft game Far Cry 2 quotes from Beyond Good and Evil and the Will to Power. The 2016 4x strategy game Stellaris also includes a technology with this name.