On the Genealogy of Morality
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Main Ideas
- Critique of traditional morality and its origins
- Division of morality into master morality and slave morality
- Examination of the role of ressentiment in the formation of moral values
- Analysis of the ascetic ideal and its influence on culture
- Investigation of the genealogy of moral concepts and their historical development
- Problematization of the concept of the will to power as the primary driving force of human behavior

Date of publication: 25 November 2024
Last updated: 27 November 2024
———On the Genealogy of Morality
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Genre: Philosophy