tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post5503852414955424964..comments2024-02-26T21:31:18.490-05:00Comments on The Wrong Monkey: That Which Does Not Kill Me Could Still Maim Me For LifeSteven Bollingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-77255118293423781332009-05-30T10:55:30.069-04:002009-05-30T10:55:30.069-04:00I was re-reading the chapter of Goetzen-Daemmerung...I was re-reading the chapter of <I>Goetzen-Daemmerung</I> from which the line is taken, a chapter made of aphorisms, "sayings and arrows," and I find most of them so very brilliant. The first two, for example, are: "Müssiggang ist aller Psychologie Anfang. Wie? wäre Psychologie ein — Laster?" ("Idleness is the starting point of all psychologie. So -- is psychology a vice?") and "Auch der Muthigste von uns hat nur selten den Muth zu dem, was er eigentlich <I>weiss</I> ..." ("Even the most courageous of us only seldom has the courage to face that which he actually <I>knows</I> ...")<br /><br />And yet everybody knows and loves the highly dubious one about what doesn't kill one making one stronger. Maybe Nietzsche knew better, as has many a person since who's quoted that line, but didn't have the courage to face what he knew.Steven Bollingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-58989213773693515542009-05-30T09:40:35.204-04:002009-05-30T09:40:35.204-04:00I totally agree! I've often growled when I've hear...I totally agree! I've often growled when I've heard this line. It may be, as you say, one's actual <I>response</I> to the thing trying to kill them that makes them stronger. But sometimes the thing attacking you (whether a health issue or a circumstance beyond your control) simply <I>does</I> make you weaker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com