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Self-knowledge requires questioning the origin of moral values rather than taking their worth for granted. Historical analysis shows that terms like good were not coined by those who received kindness, but declared by the noble and powerful to describe themselves. Investigating where moral prejudices actually come from exposes how human beings misjudge the history of their own instincts.
Master morality originates in the self-affirmation of the noble, who define their own vitality as good and lower classes as bad. Slave morality develops through ressentiment, a bitter reversal where the weak label the strong as evil and themselves as good. Priestly aristocracies pivot human value away from physical power toward spiritual purity. The victory of Judeo-Christian values inverted original noble valuations, substituting reactive pity for aristocratic self-assertion.
Human memory was forged through harsh legal contracts, where debt was settled by inflicting physical suffering on the debtor. Guilt originates not from divine law, but from the material relationship between buyer and seller. When society forcibly encloses human instincts behind civic walls, aggressive drives turn inward against the self, generating bad conscience. The concept of God as ultimate creditor intensifies guilt until redemption seems impossible without divine self-sacrifice.
Asceticism offers human suffering a purpose when no other meaning is available, declaring that will power must target nothingness rather than fail to exercise will. Philosophers use ascetic self-denial as a tool to maximize independence from worldly distractions. Priests utilize ascetic ideals to tame suffering populations by directing their resentment back at themselves. Even modern science remains tied to asceticism through its unexamined devotion to absolute truth.
A critique showing how moral concepts like good, guilt, and self-denial developed from historical power relations.