Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed Hitherto
V: The Moral Ideal§352 Power, whether in the hands of a god or of a man, is always understood to consist in the ability to harm as well as to help. This is the case with the Arabs and with the Hebrews, in fact with all strong and well-constituted races. The dualistic separation of the two powers is fatal — In this way morality becomes the poisoner of life.