Honesty#
Summary#
Honesty is presented as the one virtue that Free Spirits cannot rid themselves of, a quality they must cultivate with perversity and love while remaining “hard” like Stoics. However, Nietzsche warns that honesty carries dangers: it may be misunderstood by others as “devilry,” and more importantly, it risks becoming vanity, ostentation, or even stupidity if pursued without care. The Free Spirits must guard against letting their honesty turn them into “saints and bores.”