Nietzsche and Listening

I first fell in love with Nietzsche's writings 30 years ago, when I was just 20 years old.

I often made anthologies of philosophers' writings, and my first such anthology was actually about Nietzsche.

I have not re-read Nietzsche's books for a long time. The other day, however, I found the document file of Nietzsche's anthology and opened it for the first time in a long time.

After re-reading it, it seems that it is not irrelevant to me now, 30 years after reading his books. When I later started practicing Focusing and became a listener to others, the following passages may have remained somewhere in the back of my mind.

... I wash my hand if it has helped a sufferer ... When I helped him, then I sorely injured his pride. Acts of great kindness do not make people grateful... (Nietzsche, 2005, p. 76)

... the noble bids himself not to shame others... Verily, I do not like them, the merciful, who are blessed in their pitying: too lacking are they in shame. (Nietzsche, 2005, p. 76)

Even reading them now, Nietzsche's words continue to inspire me.

References

Nietzsche, F. (2005). Thus spoke Zarathustra: a book for everyone and nobody (translated by G. Parkes). Oxford University Press.