Morals as Timidity#
Summary#
Nietzsche characterizes moral systems as expressions of timidity rather than wisdom. These systems offer behavioral prescriptions for managing the “danger” one poses to oneself through passions and the Will to Power, whether through Stoic indifference, Spinozan emotional suppression, Aristotelian moderation, or religious sublimation. All such moralities, when evaluated intellectually, amount to mere expediency mixed with stupidity, generalizing where no generalization is warranted.