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Today's question:
What did Nietzsche mean by saying "If you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you!"
Article from www.quora.com / Frederick Dolan
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Words / vocabulary:
"That can happen to the man of ressentiment."
Def.: A feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
SYN: rancor, offence.
Why did Joseph Romero looked up the word resentment?
I looked up resentment, due to its Latin origin (I.e. Spanish resentimiento). Which literally means re-feeling. But resentment is always used to describe a negative feeling of harbored anger. Technically, based on Latin origin, anything one re feels could be considered a resentment. Even the kind way a person treated you once. But used this way would lead to miscommunication because I've never seen used as a pleasant re feeling. So I wanted to check if there was an alternate definition in which it was used in an opposite re feeling. That is all.
“Resentment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resentment. Accessed 15 Mar. 2020.
The scourge
"He’s convinced that his various disabilities are caused by someone or something out to get him, and that if only the scourge were eliminated from the world all would be well."
ferretting
to find and bring to light by searching —usually used with out
"this is your attitude, Nietzsche is saying, you’re going to get really good at ferreting out the nasty parts of life, wherever they might be hiding, and you’ll uncover one hitherto unrecognized injustice after another:"
“Ferret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferret. Accessed 15 Mar. 2020.
Susan Wolf’s “Moral Saints:” A Summary:
https://www.philosophybro.com/archive/susan-wolfs-moral-saints-a-summary