The Origins of Good and Evil According to Nietzsche

when the priestly caste gained power (GM, First Treatise, §6). This gave rise to what Nietzsche called the "slave revolt in morality" (GM, First Treatise, §7). He cites the Jews as the greatest example of the priestly caste, who said "the miserable alone are the good...whereas you, you noble and powerful ones, you are in all eternity the evil." (GM, First Treatise, §7)
             In order to understand this origin of good (good as defined by the priestly caste), Nietzsche uses a contrast between lambs and birds of prey. It is quite understandable for the lambs to think of birds of prey as evil since they kill lambs, and for the lambs to think of everything else, such as themselves, as good. However, N
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