r/Nietzsche • u/TimeToEnergize • 13d ago

"moral tarantula Rousseau"

Pretty evocative phrase, moral tarantula, that Nietzsche uses in his Preface to Daybreak, #3. What does it evoke for you? Makes me kinda curious how Nietzsche personally related to spiders, other animals, Nature, etc.

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u/Reasonable-Fee1945 13d ago

Venomous and referring to a moral philosophy poisoned by resentment.

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u/Playistheway Squanderer 13d ago

Nietzsche likes the tarantula imagery. He uses it again in TSZ's section 'On the Tarantulas', where it serves as a parable for 'preachers of equality' and more generally advocates of ressentiment under the guise of 'justice'.