Nietzsche gets misinterpreted a lot. His passages in "Man in Society" include this on arrogance:
"ARROGANCE.--....... The arrogant man--that is to say, he who desires to appear more than he is or passes for--always miscalculates. It is true that he obtains a momentary success, inasmuch as those with whom he is arrogant generally give him the amount of honour that he demands, owing to fear or for the sake of convenience ; but they take a bad revenge for it inasmuch as they subtract from the value which they hitherto attached to him just as much as he demands above that amount. There is nothing for which men ask to be paid dearer than for humiliation. The arrogant man can make his really great merit so suspicious and small in the eyes of others that they tread on it with dusty feet. If at all, we should only allow ourselves a proud manner where we are quite sure of not being misunderstood and considered as arrogant; as, for instance, with friends and wives. For in social intercourse there is no greater folly than to acquire a reputation for arrogance ; it is still worse than not having learnt to deceive politely." On 4/7/14, just camel <[email protected]> wrote: > You might be 20x smarter than I am yet you fail to realize that peace, > love and prosperity have little to do with (what you refer to as) > intelligence but with the quality of your consciousness. There are very > intelligent people full of fears and ego and there are not so bright > people who are way more empathic and loving than most people within the > intellectual/academic world. Because of our culture and our belief traps > there is little correlation between (what you refer to as) intelligence > and the quality of consciousness to be found. > > On 04/08/2014 01:03 AM, Azn A wrote: >> This is WHY I'm 20x smarter than you and lead the world into a new era >> of peace, love, and prosperity :) > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
