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Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I've actually found its origins in "Beyond Good and Evil", part VII ("Our Virtues"), aphorism 217. The whole quote states:
In the book you mentioned I've found that at the end there's a note referring to the quote and saying the original translation "reads differently". Basically Nietzsche is saying: if one is very proud of some of his talents (like having "refinement in drawing moral distinctions"), and I catch him once in failing on his talent, he'll obviously get defensive and will get upset towards me - which is comprehensible, as the individual who is caught is saying "Ehi, people admire me for this talent, if this guy who caught me failing is able to see the weakness of my talent, then he might go tell people about it - and I won't be recognized anymore!". Then I've found this nice explanation for the last phrase (your mentioned quote):
So which aspects of Nietzsche philosophy this represents? Well first of all Nietzsche's quotes are generally representing a whole point of view on certain topics which don't necessarily refer to his "philosophy" understood as a framework in which we can identify his main well-known topics (eternal return, overman, décadence, etc). We can certainly link some of these quotes to certain parts of this framework. In this case the critics to the "spirit of gravity" tipical of these "heavy and distressed" people afflicted by the moral sense. He's showing how these people are taking themselves too seriously, for that his Zarathustra invites to "laugh and dance". Something interesting, I was remembering a resemblance with another quote and I double checked, finding this lovely one ("Beyond Good and Evil", part IV "Maxims and Interludes", 125):
It's something similar at the end, they both mean that when someone threatens our certainties, we develop an antipathy towards him and we'll try to revenge somehow by being just less friendly to him in future. Who said Blessed are the forgetful for they get the better even of their blunders?Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.
What does the quote Blessed are the forgetful for they get the better even of their blunders mean?People who are forgetful,who don't remember stuff are blessed,they have a gift,even if they screw up bad they will not remember it and get demotivated,they will forget about it and move on with life. Thus,they get the better of their blunders.
What does Blessed are the forgetful?“Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.”
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