"In this labyrinth, Nietzsche detected the handwriting of envy everywhere, observing, 'Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul.'"
— Marino, Gordon
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May 4, 2018
Metaphor
"In this labyrinth, Nietzsche detected the handwriting of envy everywhere, observing, 'Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul.'"
Metaphor in Context
A few decades before Freud, Nietzsche preached that those of us who are called to search ourselves need to go into the inner labyrinth and hunt down the instincts and passions that blossom into our pet theories and moral judgments. In this labyrinth, Nietzsche detected the handwriting of envy everywhere, observing, "Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul."
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Citation
Gordon Marino, "The Upside of Envy," The New York Times (May 4, 2018). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
05/09/2018