I was reading Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, and came across a quote that really made me think.

You want, if possible - and there is no more insane "if possible" - to abolish suffering. And we? It really seems that we would rather have it higher and worse than ever. Well-being as you understand it - that is no goal, that seems to us an end, a state that soon makes man ridiculous and contemptible - that makes his destruction desirable. The discipline of suffering, of great suffering - do you not know that onl this discipline has created all enhancements of man so far?


Which in my opinion are powerful words that some need to take in more deeply. However, we dont want to believe this because it costs lives daily. The enhancement of the human race is indeed a very sad strength that we all must endure. But, on a side note, if this quote were true, would that mean that a utopian society rests on complete annihlation of a certain or vast peoples? Utopia the idea of a perfect society, cannot fall under this quote, because societal norms dictate that ABSOLUTE suffering could not make perfection. People wouldn't let that happen. What do you all think?

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forgot, this quote is on page 255.